Terrific-In-Tahoma
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2012
- Location
- East-of-Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- TDI
- '01 ALH Jetta M5 / 05 BEW Jetta Wagon A4
Well, it depends on your side of the fence regarding Miles/kms.
I just happen to live on the km side of the border. So I guess the question for those who have an '05 or '06 TDI with 400,000 km.(or more)
Well, my second TDI now has rolled over 500,000 kms.
But , because it is a 'new to me' vehicle, I have not discovered all of its quirks.
Considering it is a 2005 BEW Engine PD Wagon with an Auto tranny, I am kind of fortunate that it is still running (after all , it is over 15 years old with Ontario and Quebec highway miles.)
it still is getting 7.0 to 7.5 L/100km fuel consumption, with this going up in the city driving.
Have yet to figure out how to make the reminder chime for the headlights work with the door handle micro switch not working.
But with Regular Unleaded Gasoline hovering around $1.20, and with lower fuel performance from gasoline powered vehicles, I will be extremely disappointed when the whole TDI population begins to deminish due to attrition.
I wonder if a TDI crate engine could be installed in a Tesla frame? I know the exhaust pipe would be a tell-tale, but still looking at the idea of a tag-along trailer for extended range traveling. The car would last 30 years, and the batteries could be swapped out every 10 years. Stanley Ovshinsky left us too soon.
I just happen to live on the km side of the border. So I guess the question for those who have an '05 or '06 TDI with 400,000 km.(or more)
Well, my second TDI now has rolled over 500,000 kms.
But , because it is a 'new to me' vehicle, I have not discovered all of its quirks.
Considering it is a 2005 BEW Engine PD Wagon with an Auto tranny, I am kind of fortunate that it is still running (after all , it is over 15 years old with Ontario and Quebec highway miles.)
it still is getting 7.0 to 7.5 L/100km fuel consumption, with this going up in the city driving.
Have yet to figure out how to make the reminder chime for the headlights work with the door handle micro switch not working.
But with Regular Unleaded Gasoline hovering around $1.20, and with lower fuel performance from gasoline powered vehicles, I will be extremely disappointed when the whole TDI population begins to deminish due to attrition.
I wonder if a TDI crate engine could be installed in a Tesla frame? I know the exhaust pipe would be a tell-tale, but still looking at the idea of a tag-along trailer for extended range traveling. The car would last 30 years, and the batteries could be swapped out every 10 years. Stanley Ovshinsky left us too soon.