Diesl
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2012
- Location
- Chicago
- TDI
- '78 Golf Diesel (long gone); 2012 Jetta Sportwagen TDI w/ DSG
I feel contributing to the negatively titled threads on diesels and DSGs will in the end only support the disinformation and fear mongering. So I thought it is time to start a positive thread.
Personally, I'm very glad that a friend pointed out the Volkswagen TDIs when I was looking to replace my previous car. A thread that summarizes what we like about our TDIs with DSG could be a helpful decision making tool for anybody in a similar situation.
I'll start with some of the reasons why I think a TDI with DSG makes a lot of sense, in my case for an 80 miles per day commute, 2/3 of it on the highway:
Personally, I'm very glad that a friend pointed out the Volkswagen TDIs when I was looking to replace my previous car. A thread that summarizes what we like about our TDIs with DSG could be a helpful decision making tool for anybody in a similar situation.
I'll start with some of the reasons why I think a TDI with DSG makes a lot of sense, in my case for an 80 miles per day commute, 2/3 of it on the highway:
- Switching to the 2 liter turbocharged Diesel was an easy way to improve my fuel milage by 30% without giving up power, and actually gaining low rpm torque and driveability. Being able to go a whole week between fillups is a nice bonus.
- The DSG, as an automated manual, seems a very good match to the engine characteristics of the TDI: no losses from a torque converter even at low rpms, while having the full convenience of an automatic when you want it, and super fast (8 milliseconds) full power upshifts, manual or automatic.