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Well cp, I'd say you are wrong. Sagging SUV sales cited as major factor behind Ford's stalled turnaround

So When\'s The Summer Diesel Price Drop Happening?? DOE Gas Prices Still waiting for all those predicting the summer price drop to admit they were wrong. If you look at those prices, diesel is up by about 50 cents in the past year every area but west -- gas is only up about 10 cents. No...

Re: Diesel cheapeer than gasoline -- or is it? Diesel, cheaper than regular? Heck, I'd settle for cheaper than premium. The DOE site is useless for Chicago folks, since "Midwest" is so heavily weighted towards the truck routes. Sure I can get cheap diesel, if I want to drive over an hour to...

Anyone have any idea about the Dundee and Sanders BP in Northbrook? Do they still have BP premium? That one's listed on the Premium Diesel page, but the entry is pretty old, and like the Downer's Grove station, no indication if their diesel is premium or not. If so, it'd be great for me...

Re: It\'s here: Gasoline overtakes Diesel in price! I'm with Westro on local prices. Last time I looked around here, the closest station had regular 2.379, premium 2.579, and diesel 2.599. So, diesel still more expensive than premium around here.

We have a TDI Jetta wagon, and also a BMW 330ci. The Jetta was supposed to be my wife's car, but she got a new job with a train commute, so I've gotten stuck driving the Jetta at least occasionally. I think we are going to end up getting rid of the Jetta, because I just hate driving it, due...

Weight the same? I guess it may depend on the model, but I thought the A5 Jetta was 300 pounds heavier than A4.

Re: A5 TDI release date? .........VW doesn\'t know This is good information to know. We have an 04 TDI wagon that we are thinking of selling. If I just wait a few months to sell until you can't buy them new, whether trading or selling privately we should do well.

There's another bit of advice given that I think is faulty -- cycling the glow plugs (ie. turn key on, wait til gp light goes off, turn key off, turn on again and start). The glow plugs were significantly changed starting with the PDs (2004), and there good information that cycling doesn't...

I had the TSB done about 2 weeks ago. The biggest change I've noticed is that it seems to smoke much less on colder/rainy starts. Our Jetta never smoked much on startup when it was warmer, but once it got colder, I'd get a mushroom cloud of smoke sometimes. Also, had the coldest start to date...

Comments about Diminished Value As far as I know, only Georgia requires the payment of diminished value. I was able to make (and get payment of) a diminished value claim on a GTI 337 I used to have (traded it in once it was fixed after diminished value payment). Unfortunately, if you are at...

Go for the manual. There really is a pretty distinct difference in MPG between MT and AT. Most auto PDs seem to average around 36MPG in mixed driving, whereas most manuals seem to average about 42. Also, quite honestly, the Jetta TDI with manual is one of the easiest powertrains to shift that...

Changes for \'05 Is that losing the Jetta Wagon permanent? I hadn't heard that the wagon would be completely discontinued with the new style. If so, I'm glad we got our 04 before they go away.

Believe it or not, some dealers can even screw that up. My wife took in the Passat we used to own to a local VW dealership with 4 qts of Mobil 1 5W-30 on the front seat. That we would be supplying oil was mentioned when making the appt, as well as well as when the car was dropped off. When...

One other reason not to wait. Even though the GolfV should be out some time in 2005, I'm not sure that they are planning to have all engines available at introduction. If any engine models are delayed in the US, it would probably be the TDI (unless gas doubles in price between now and then)...

My wife wanted a smaller car this spring to replace her Passat. She was really considering a Cooper S, but the consumer reports reliability rating decided against it. We wouldn't have been so concerned about reliability, but we didn't like the closest Mini dealer for service, and the other...

[ QUOTE ] why hasnt anyone done this yet? The diesel hybrid I mean... [/ QUOTE ] Probably cost. People are only willing to spend so much more for increased economy. Diesel usually costs $1000 more than a gasser. Hybrid probably similar. It's probably not tough to get a payback on $1000...

I've seen some local gas stations advertising this. Some stations (of the chain) have this, others have regular diesel. I think it's actually different (not just a marketing term), because it has a yellow handle, their regular diesel has the green handle. However, I haven't been able to...