$13, approximately. $0.84 per 1000 miles. Clearly a total deal-breaker.
Reading comprehension a bit weak? Or did you just miss this -
Yeah, I may have put them in the wrong order - #1 is NY, #2 is DC. The statistics are BS anyway, they never include distance vs time which makes for the real joy.
Well which is worse - 1/2 the year or more rarely & everything really goes to sh*t?
We had a dusting last year, govt closed early..............dumped everyone on the road around 1pm..........at 10pm folks were abandoning their cars, they were out of fuel...............5 or 6 miles from where they started Not in the US, #1 selling car is the Toyota Camry - a rolling couch. So unimaginative in design they went was fas as to copy the ugly *ss from BMW.
I agree that manu-matics/tiptronics have come a long way, but it's just not the same as a 3 pedal setup where I feel more connected. No pain and no stretching too!Have you ever tried your tiptronic or in this case with the paddles? You can pretty much do the same thing as a manual MINUS the leg pain and arm stretching.
I agree that manu-matics/tiptronics have come a long way, but it's just not the same as a 3 pedal setup where I feel more connected. No pain and no stretching too!
At the same time, we're not talking about driving high-peformance/high-horsepower vehicles on a twistie mountain roads or around your favourite track. For that reason, I don't care as much.
At the end of the day, it's a matter of preference. I prefer my coffee with cream, no sugar. How about you?
). you are looking into the mirror; (2) you can't gas break --- women particularly seem more prone to driving full throttle and then slam on the brakes . You can't readily do that with a manual tranny (a good sign of a female owned car is a broken o'sh*t handle and scratch marks on the passenger side dash from where the male passenger held on for dear life)). I laugh when I see people who advertise cars as "female owned". Yeah, that one has been beat to sh*t.......
I can only assume you're joking; nothing even comes close to the control or the involvement offered by a true manual transmission with three pedals under the dash.Have you ever tried your tiptronic or in this case with the paddles? You can pretty much do the same thing as a manual MINUS the leg pain and arm stretching.
Don't drink coffee.I agree that manu-matics/tiptronics have come a long way, but it's just not the same as a 3 pedal setup where I feel more connected. No pain and no stretching too!
At the same time, we're not talking about driving high-peformance/high-horsepower vehicles on a twistie mountain roads or around your favourite track. For that reason, I don't care as much.
At the end of the day, it's a matter of preference. I prefer my coffee with cream, no sugar. How about you?
I agree it is what you like.Not one bit. With most day to day driving there is no way to really take advantage of the manual or enjoy the fun of it. With all the demands of today's life it is simpler to let the transmission do the work. 20 years ago I would have believed differently.I can only assume you're joking; nothing even comes close to the control or the involvement offered by a true manual transmission with three pedals under the dash.
Seems odd and expensive. Sure it was the intercooler, not cooling the exhaust for the EGR?
Hmmm, well I beg to differ. My career has moved me around a lot, and since 1977 I've lived near and commuted into San Diego, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Detroit, San Jose, Chicago, New York, Stuttgart, and now Boston. During that entire time I've only had a car with an automatic transmission once (between 2005 and 2008; you know, the whole family minivan thing), and in spite of the million and a half heavy traffic miles my wife (who I married in 1994) and I have driven over that time, we both cannot understand why anybody would even consider an autotragic transmission.
The idea is simple - the air goes from the turbo directly to the intake making the trip as short as possible. Also the cooler is directly before the intake so less time to heat air back up before it gets into the engine. So lower temperature intake air for better power and economy. And less volume of air in the plumbing and charge air cooler for better response time and pressure drop.I heard from dealer technicians training on the new Passat TDI uses an Air-to-Water Intercooler, possibly to address Iced Intercooler issues, but this is an old design since everything else uses Air-to-Air?
Is that a good thing? No idea what's the advantage of Air-to-Air vs. Air-to-Water.
We have both...they both have value....I like my autotragic (love that one) in my silverado and S60..seems to fit the truck and the boring gas volvo. but VWs? no dsg fah me. traffic is traffic...I was once stuck for 2 hrs in a jam 1.5 hrs out of the city...flipped tractor trailer...sit there. we all been there...
Indeed, which makes me pleased I got a full-zoot TDI with three pedals under the dash. A Golf hatchback, highline with navWell that blows; the only Passat I'd be interested in is a full-zoot TDI version with three pedals under the dash.
I was one of those. Took me 9 hours to get home that night (8 hours to go 10 miles, 1 hour for the remaining 15), usually only takes 50 minutes. I saw people walking up and down the road carrying gas cans. My TDI's fuel gauge barely moved, though.
The only thing I had to stop for was to pee.I was one of those. Took me 9 hours to get home that night (8 hours to go 10 miles, 1 hour for the remaining 15), usually only takes 50 minutes. I saw people walking up and down the road carrying gas cans. My TDI's fuel gauge barely moved, though.
Been there, done that.....................had a "surprise" storm a Balt a few years back, took 6.5 hours for a normal 1hr trip. Fortunately I had an old soda bottle in the car Then I guess it's fortunate that the new Passat doesn't come with one.
I've driven 9 hours in a blizzard that dumped about 50 cm of snow.I was one of those. Took me 9 hours to get home that night (8 hours to go 10 miles, 1 hour for the remaining 15), usually only takes 50 minutes. I saw people walking up and down the road carrying gas cans. My TDI's fuel gauge barely moved, though.
I came in to read about the new Passat only to find this topic rehashed yet again. It is why I sometimes avoid this forum. While I understand the frustration at times in trying to get the transmission you want, please don't take it out on those who's preferences are different than yours. You have your reason for your preferences, and we have ours.I'm serious though, there should be a dedicated thread for manual trans superiority posts and other general transmission related questions.
Well one can enjoy the irony - arguing about 2 manuals, one shifted by a human & one by a computer = funny. Toss in the oft demonstrated weak link in the operation of an automobile is????? (human)I think a mod needs to change the thread title to "Superior Race of Manual Trans Drivers Thread"
Well, as good as the DSG is, I simply can't bring myself to call it a manual because it can shift all by itself. Manual to me means some form of human intervention.Well one can enjoy the irony - arguing about 2 manuals, one shifted by a human & one by a computer = funny. Toss in the oft demonstrated weak link in the operation of an automobile is????? (human)
ya, maybe us stick drivers should just move to another planet.....we can call it stick-land. i predict they sell under 10% sticks in the new passat back on topic....I think a mod needs to change the thread title to "Superior Race of Manual Trans Drivers Thread"
I'm serious though, there should be a dedicated thread for manual trans superiority posts and other general transmission related questions.