Originally posted by Rynn:
Is it tougher having a diesel car here in the states? Not only as far as fuel prices, but are diesel engines harder and costlier to fix?
Depends on where you're at. Back east and on the west coast it can be difficult. But here in NM and back home in Iowa, finding diesel is not hard. And in my esperience it to be less expensive. Here in Las Cruces, diesel is 1.23/gallon while reg unleaded is 1.31/gallon. In IA diesel is either cheaper or the same price, depending on whether you get regular or premium diesel. In fact, the whole way down here, diesel was always a few cents cheaper than gasoline.
Repair costs on diesels depend on where you go. I never go to VW for anything unless it happened to be warranty work. I know a mechanic in Jefferson who knows how to work on diesels so I take my car to him for routine maintenance. My oil change intervals are 10k miles because I use high quality diesel grade synthetic oil. Try doing that in a gasser!
thanks alot,the only big problem is that most gas stations in the states don't have diesel,the only one I've seen recently is Shell
i wonder how you could have possibly known about the displacement
The diesel Focus has been discussed over at TDIClub for quite some time. We want more competition, that way VW will be forced to bring over some of the hi performance engines they only sell in Europe!
