Originally Posted By: QuadDriver
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
But don't you wish it ran on the same gas?
47 mpg on $4 a gallon gas is 8.5 cents per mile.
47 mpg on $4.89 a gallon diesel is 10.4 cents per mile.
19 percent more.
So really you are getting 39.50 mpg in gas $$.
Still very good.
(I had this discussion with a co-worker who is looking at Diesels and hybrids and I was showing how to figure the cost and payback of extra cost of hybrids/diesels)
Sadly, with diesel fuel costing 89 cents a gallon more it needs to get a lot more MPG to be equal to a "normal" car. And then you need to pay off the extra cost of TDI.
Take care, Bill
well, yea, but it dont.
the next best jetta is the 2.5L I-5 at 30mpg.
and if I tart up a gas jetta to match the appointments of what they give you standard in the TDI - I broke even on the TDI cost at 36000 miles (given that at the time diesel was significantly cheaper than gas - I got this car the day katrina hit)
there just aint any super high mileage gas cars anymore - without going hybrid or REAL small. in 1987 my 2.5L I4 Calais got 40mpg highway, and in 1989 my 1.9L Escort GT got 41mpg highway. Since then its been one broken promise after another.
I will likely never own a gas car again. I think we are well past the tip and people wont stop eating McD's fries, so I'll have a ready fuel source!
I get a MPG less than you on my last tank and 3 mpg less average since April with gas. (In a $14k OTD car..)
Bummer that Diesel jumped up and went way beyond what gas cost.
The Bio diesel does not work in a lot of engines (I know from our test that was to last 6 months.. It made it 2 weeks) and there is not enough waste grease to make a dent.
Every semi is using 200plus gallons a day, that is A LOT of fuel...
But for almost 40mpg (gas equal $) your TDI is doing good. At least they go up hills well...
Take care, Bill