HBarlow
Veteran Member
That's a fact! And an important factor to me. My wife has had a string of much more expensive Japanese V6 gas suvs with high rated horsepower in recent years. Every one of them has downshifted one or two gears and revved the weak gas V6 to get over mild grades. My little second hand 2.0 liter VW TDI with 113k miles just hums right over them in sixth gear without losing speed.Lots of good points..
But the feel of that 30 mpg gas car sucks on hills.....many more shifts, more noise, etc....
The feel of a diesel, the fact it just PULLS hard up a hill...no shift in a car 99% of the time, without even loosing speed if the cruise is on makes it feel more like a v6 car or larger gas motor that might be a 20 mpg car....
So other comparisons might be appropriate....
But as a pure $$ choice, maybe a tdi is not a clear winner....but not every choice is based on $$.
That matters to me.