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Looking into selling my 14 WRX and thinking about getting a used 09-10 TDI. Anyone have any experience with these?
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My only complaint is that I wish it had a 6th gear. At 65 MPH, on the highway it'll get 50-55 MPG...at 85 MPH it drops down to 40-45 MPG.
With 3 dirt bikes on a three place rail trailer and three dudes and three gear bags...it still gets 25-30 MPG on the highway cruising at 80 MPH...as long as there are no hills, it doesn't like hills with that extra weight. lol.
I get weird looks from people when I've got three bikes on the trailer...but i'm used to it now.
I had a Passat Estate with a 2 litre TDI in it. Plenty powerful enough and ridiculously good MPG. Great car but a bit old so I traded it for an Audi A6 estate with the same engine - so nice!
Turbo's can go after 100,000 miles so keep on top of oil changes and only use the best oils. Otherwise TOP cars.
I bought my '08 for 3500€ (118k km on it :D ) because the prev owner was told by the garage the flywheel was fucked. Looking at the signs i knew it was turbo pressure loss so the tubing was the issue. Threw on a new timing belt and tubing and 300€ later i have a reliable but cheap car.
My mother drives a 12y old seat leon with a TDI engine (which i bought new) 0 issues accept for normal wear items. My friend had a VW Bora that had 300k km on it. Still sold for 5000€, lol. Another has a golf4 with 320k km (140hp version) also 0 engine troubles and still drives it daily.
1.9 TDI platform is on the market since '93, 2.0 since '03 if i'm not mistaken. The reputation of the 1.9 is allot more solid because it's older (and pre TDI they had the famous turbo diesels that where indestructible). The later 2.0 ( from '08 i think) is also more refined due to common-rail vs regular injection. More silent engine, smoother and better power.
The manual is not much of a step down of the DSG, imo they are the most smooth and direct shifting manual cars on the market here. Most brands get a shitload of play on the shifter that makes it 'harder', but most of all, annoying to find the proper gear. The VAG's stay solid in that regard. Even after allot of miles and years of abuse. The dual mass flywheel make gear transitions very smooth as well.
my old 01 did.
Anyway..530d sport is where its at!.
It's done 170K and had 1 turbo,always been looked after though and driven sensibly,it was Fathern in-laws and now the Mrs
Funnily enough my sister in-law bought the manual,done 110K and side by side we all prefer the auto it's light years ahead as driving goes,I guess it's all luck of the draw and how previous owners have looked after them,they can go forever as Overthebars says
Before that I had a pretty bog standard 1.9 Audi A3 TDI, but the engine was indestrucable and the MPG was brilliant. The MPG is still pretty decent on the Scirocco, especially on the motorway where you can just cruise in 6th. It's not quite so good when youre having a bit of fun and booting it out of corners etc though
On a separate note, we picked up our new 2016 WRX 2 weeks ago, and I absolutely love it. It is incredible to drive and did 33mpg doing 75mph on the highway yesterday (Albeit on 91oct ethanol free gas).
My father picked up an 04 golf with the 1.9 on our dealership for dirt cheap. I may go up and drive it and see how it is. Thanks for all the feedback everyone!
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