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2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
TMI observation:
The MB's three year 45,000 mile lease pretty much is designed for the AVERAGE mileage per year, US driver.
(Range of 12,000 to 15,000 miles, among other targets, goals and executions.)
UPSHOT
So NOW on the 2009 VW Jetta TDI with (now) 92,000+ miles, so far there have been no diesel issues.
Based upon the above articles' RECALL of GASSER HPFP's on approximately a 100,000 population vs warranty repair and case basis repair on 800 units of 241,000 DIESEL HPFP units, it would APPEAR the issue/s is/are FAR more prevalent on GASSERS, based upon recall protocols.
When you add it to past GASSER HPFP recall campaigns, fixing of 800/241,000+ DIESEL units are the figurative and literal "drop/s in the bucket". So far, an advantaged added back to diesels ! Of course, the HPFP issue would be more "neutral", IF a recall were to be done on the diesels 241,000+ also.
Is Audi’s Carbon-Neutral Diesel a Game-Changer? (energytrendsinsider.com)
Jaguar XE to get a diesel in North America (autonet.ca). Our version of the story confirms that "North America" includes the US.
A BMW diesel 3 or 5 stickshift would probably be irresistible to me, as would any Audi stickshift diesel model.
Volkswagen is a mess in the US, but things may be about to get better
Business Insider By Benjamin Zhang
April 29, 2015 5:25 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/volkswagen-mess-us-things-may-212429585.html
But, to make it in the US, I sure hope those interchangeable platforms will support pickup and SUV bodies.
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High-mileage, TDI® Clean Diesel models accounted for 21.4 percent of sales in April
http://media.vw.com/release/976/
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
A recent report from Automotive News said Fiat-Chrysler would be updating software for the transverse-mounted 9HP gearbox on 2014–2015 Jeep Cherokees and four-cylinder 2015 Chrysler 200s starting this month. This marks the third time the automaker has released a software patch (the last occurred in May) since the Cherokee’s debut in late 2013, which was delayed to fix problems with the transmission. The Cherokee and 2014 Range Rover Evoque were the first two cars in production with the nine-speed, followed by the 2015 Chrysler 200 and six-cylinder versions of the 2015 Acura TLX.
http://blog.caranddriver.com/holy-shift-zf-9-speed-automatic-problems-mount-chrysler-releases-third-software-update-for-jeep-cherokee/
(@ruking1, let's try to let the other sites deal with the politics - it's bad enough that we have some forum ads using POTUS to sell mortgages. Thanks.)
But I have to agree, crow is not a ver tasty dish!
I also think the 2009 VW Jetta TDI DID benefit from an IRS tax $1,500 tax CREDIT because some of its' emissions components were vendored by an emissions manufacturing company based in NY State. NY State incidently @ the time was represented by then SENATOR Hillary Clinton.
(What am I saying, the political season never stops any more).
This link is noteworthy because it blames the greens:
We’ve all been taken for a ride over diesel (telegraph.co.uk)
Well, your post goes DIRECTLY to my point. POLITICS ! POLITICS ! POLITICS !!!! ????
In "OUR" country, when the powers that be MANDATED FROM regular/mg/premium LEADED gasoline (70's) TO regular/mg/premium Unleaded gasoline, it was supposed to END pollution,, cure cancer, solve war , insure the peace, fix the roads, insure domestic tranquility, zzzzzzzzzzzzz etc.,etc, yada, yada, yada, !!!!!! ???????
So, ....do you see any of it around, 45 years later ????? Ditto London 45 years from now !!!
Also @ that time, they did NOT mandate ULSD (PVF) . Guess which fuels STILL causes the majority of the pollution (by PVF) ! ?? Guess which fuel STILL gets blamed even as it is NOW ULSD @ WAY less than 5% of the passenger vehicle fleet and HUGELY cleaner AND cleaner than the so called " NON" pollutive gasoline !!! ???
An interesting side note on the Greenies in the EU. They seem to have allied themselves with Putin and the Russians. The Russians are BIG opponents of gas fracking.
It is a no brainer to say it fits the so called Soccer Mom/Dad's lifestyle. I mean, you have to ask when those very same folks (current and paying customers) are SANS the family, why do they NOT keep the minivans, ..... or buy new ones.
For me, for its intended use (9 passengers, cargo and towing) it approach being seriously overloaded. It is almost SCARY in snow and ice. Sans chains, a minivan will not pass chain control check points. Any of the SUV's CUV's (any i have had) will.
http://www.carscoops.com/2015/04/this-is-vws-all-new-t6-transporter-van.html
Right now @ 2015 PROJECTED sales of 327,744 units is (12%) short of actual 2014 sales of 366,970. AGAIN, IF it hits projected market share, it would THEN be 1.92%
A good time to make ones BEST deals, IF one is in the market for small to midsize car, albeit diesels.(21/22% of the fleet offering (72,103 units)
Monies @ ZERO % are not hard to take also. This is in addition to various incentives, that do come and go.
In the midsize CUV segment, VW Touareg projected % is .00359 %, i.e..,BARELY to non measurable. I have read that 40% are TDI's (projected 6, 147). So ...2,459 TDI units are less than BARELY measurable @ .00144%.
U.S. Auto Buyers Spend to Trade Up
Buyers’ demand for more luxury in new vehicles shows up in rising prices paid
By JOHN D. STOLL and JEFF BENNETT
Updated May 1, 2015 2:36 p.m. ET
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chrysler-sales-rise-5-8-in-april-1430484083
Someone pulled the wool over the EPA eyes on that one. Not many buyers for the 2.0L explorer. And those that posted on Fuelly are so far under the EPA lies, they have to be very unhappy. Hoping for the advertised 23 MPG combined and getting 18 MPG is serious over estimating. Especially with 96% of their driving highway. 10 MPG under the 28 MPG they should be getting. Once again proves you cannot change the laws of physics and squeeze more energy out of a gallon of gas than is in there.
Even the Touareg GASSER gets 19.5 mpg (tad lower) with a 3.6 L engine !!!! 80% BIGGER !!! The Explorer is 300 #'s LESS ! Are you thinking FORD might put the Explorer line on an aluminum (further) diet ?
Since EPA on a Touareg TDI is @ 28 mpg also, using my anecdotal (32-35) mpg is @ least 78% BETTER !!! ?????
Looking at the Ford Transit Diesels, there are some good numbers going up. It's a start.
Not living up to EPA estimates, but still a whole helluva lot better than the 15.8 mpg I average in my wife's Pilot. Last tankful was 12.8 mpg.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Detailed Test Information is available from the EPA. The other wrinkle is that the tests are run with "pure" gasoline. No ethanol blends, yet. (link)
No idea what they use for diesel fuel in those tests.
In government and policy circles, it's well known that the EPA's fuel economy figures are too optimistic, but changing the system to more closely reflect real-world averages would mean lowering the bar on all the measurements of the current state of fuel efficiency on the American highway, and no one is eager to admit that we really haven't come as far in fuel-efficiency gains as it seems.
The 54.5-mpg average for fuel efficiency among new vehicles that the Obama administration is proposing for 2025 will really be somewhere down around 36-38 mpg in real-world terms.
As for diesel fuel, my only consistent finding is Mobil gives me less mileage than any other brand. I am guessing it has the lowest cetane rating. No proof other than 3 full tanks of Mobil were about 3 MPG lower than any other brand. Shell, ARCO and 76 seem comparable.
But when people are buying Camrys (~40 mpg) instead of Prii (~46), as someone posted today, it's easy to argue that CAFE is working.
I should have brought a Prius last month before gas prices popped. Well, popped relative to the $1.59 RUG briefly noticed in Las Cruces over the winter. The going rate now is almost buck more than that.