cderk
Member
Ok... before everyone turns flames on, hear me out...
Two weeks ago, I purchased my first VW and my first diesel. I got a Passat TDI SE. I purchased the car because I like the looks of it and I drive about 25k miles per year, so was interested in the savings on fuel. Here in NJ, I can purchase a gallon for $3.60
Anyway, I've been lurking around here for a month now. I realize that most of what you would expect are folks coming here with problems, looking for suggestion and tips from a lot of the veterans.
But then I see threads on bad HPFPs, turbos having to cool down, knowing when the car is in "regen mode", DFP issues, adding additives to fuel, etc. To me, reading the threads makes it sound like a nightmare to own a VW TDI. I cannot comprehend why VW would manufacture a car that would require so much expertise from the consumer to own.
I'm an engineer and I design consumer products. At the end of the day, our product testing takes into account a person using it who is unfamiliar with the product. I have to imagine that VW does the same thing - their cars need to last after the owner does nothing but regular maintenance. Not waiting for the turbo to cool down, not adding special chemicals during each fill up, not making sure that every once in a while they pound on the accelerator. I mean come on... the owners manual mentions nothing about any of this stuff.
I thought that cars were meant to just turn the key and drive. To each their own, but like I said, reading the threads here, it makes it sound like you need to have and OBDII scanner and be a master mechanic to own a TDI.
Am I missing something?
Ok - flame on!
cderk
Two weeks ago, I purchased my first VW and my first diesel. I got a Passat TDI SE. I purchased the car because I like the looks of it and I drive about 25k miles per year, so was interested in the savings on fuel. Here in NJ, I can purchase a gallon for $3.60
Anyway, I've been lurking around here for a month now. I realize that most of what you would expect are folks coming here with problems, looking for suggestion and tips from a lot of the veterans.
But then I see threads on bad HPFPs, turbos having to cool down, knowing when the car is in "regen mode", DFP issues, adding additives to fuel, etc. To me, reading the threads makes it sound like a nightmare to own a VW TDI. I cannot comprehend why VW would manufacture a car that would require so much expertise from the consumer to own.
I'm an engineer and I design consumer products. At the end of the day, our product testing takes into account a person using it who is unfamiliar with the product. I have to imagine that VW does the same thing - their cars need to last after the owner does nothing but regular maintenance. Not waiting for the turbo to cool down, not adding special chemicals during each fill up, not making sure that every once in a while they pound on the accelerator. I mean come on... the owners manual mentions nothing about any of this stuff.
I thought that cars were meant to just turn the key and drive. To each their own, but like I said, reading the threads here, it makes it sound like you need to have and OBDII scanner and be a master mechanic to own a TDI.
Am I missing something?
Ok - flame on!
cderk