I'm a college student in richmond, va. The thing that brought me to the euro side was their diesels. I bought a 2000 Golf TDI almost 2 years ago with 62,000 miles on it. It belonged to an older lady who lived in near a metro and had barely any use for the car.
The best thing about this car has to be the gas mileage. I average around 40 with the automatic transmission, highway can see 45, and it doesn't have to drive like a prius either. I installed larger injectors about 10,000 miles ago, and now from a start it would peel the tires for about 7 seconds if I put the pedal down enough, not to mention a large cloud of smoke. I hope to get a chip to make cleaner power and run it on pure biodiesel.
The only cosmetics I've done are rims, tint and painting the headlights, grill, and calipers. However, my shed is filled to the roof with an interior overhaul that will be going in shortly.
I'll put up some pics tomorrow, but just the outside for now
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05-08-2011 10:15 PM #1
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I've always wanted a diesel...."There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway
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05-08-2011 10:41 PM #3
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Thanks! They're really useful sometimes, especially on commutes due to the gas mileage, oil change intervals, and overall reduced engine wear/ increased life expectancy. Most other TDI's like mine have made it to 300k+ miles with a couple breaking 500k! The biggest problem with them is probably the effect of increased torque on transmissions. Dodge's are cursed with it, and VW's only good diesel transmissions are the manuals. The automatic in mine will have problems with any more torque than I have, and still may die prematurely :.(. Other than that, as a daily driver it feels just like any other car, just pulling up to an isolated pump.
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hello! welcome
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05-09-2011 07:16 PM #11
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here they are! nothing too crazy, just your average golf. i couldn't figure out how to post the pics on here, it's somehow different from other sites? i'll be done with the interior soon and post some pics when i'm done!Last edited by zatoichix; 05-09-2011 at 07:43 PM.
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