Americanmd80 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 491 posts, RR: 6 Reply 1, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 727 times:
I don't know that much about the TDI, but I think its got some pretty good reviews.
Regular Jettas on the other hand are GREAT! They are my favorite Car, my uncle had a 1999.5 Jetta GLS! it was awesome!
Joey
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Herbman From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 716 times:
I am driving around with a '98 SEAT Cordoba TDI
(SEAT is owned by "Volkswagen"). That means 90 hp with a Turbo and a electrical fuel injection. TDI = Turbo Diesel Injection. With wind and sails I can go up to 215 Km/h.
In Germany the (American)"Jetta" is called (since the fourth generation) "Vento". G.e. in China the Spanish made Cordoba is called "City Golf".
(Winter tires)
Regards
Sebastian
Herbman From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 709 times:
I agree with you "NJTurnpike".
I have to drive daily from "Bochum" to DUS. That's 120 Km "pleasure" on Germany's freeways. But the TDI engine needs only 5-6 l/100 km. That's cool because the fuel rates are very high in Germany.
Regards
Sebastian
Mikeybien From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 697 times:
Whether or not you will like the TDI's acceleration totally depends on your driving style. As you have already mentioned, the TDI has outstanding power at low RPM. If you're a easy-going driver and rarely shift above 3-4k RPM, the TDI will feel much faster to you than any comparable car. If you are more of a heavy-footed, high RPM driver, a comparable gasoline powered car will almost certainly get you wherever you're going faster.
Phlflyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 851 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 684 times:
This is going back quite a few years, but one of my first cars when I just started driving was a 81' VW Dasher Diesel. It probably only had about 50-60 horsepower, but it really was fun to drive.
It was nice to be able to drive from Philadelphia to Rutland Vermont (Killington) on one tank of gas and not be on empty when I arrived.
DesertJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7673 posts, RR: 18 Reply 8, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 679 times:
Volkswagen makes higher output versions of the 1.9 TDI for both VWs and Audis... none of which make it to the US. I believe they have 110 and 130/140 hp versions. The high output TDIs seemed to have better performance numbers than the 2.0 four.
I think part of the reason why the higher output TDIs aren't in the US is due in part to the lack of low-sulfur diesel fuel. With the cleaner fuel making more power and burning cleaner would be the immediate result as well as even higher fuel efficiency.
GM gave diesels a bad name in the US, but the current generation of direct inject diesels are pretty damn good.
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Springbok10 From South Africa, joined Sep 2001, 50 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day ago) and read 652 times:
The Jetta TDi is a grear car. My cousin drives a '01 model - plenty of torque, cruises effortlessly and extremely high build quality.
BTW Volkswagen South Africa has landed the contract to manufacture the Golf/Jetta range for all right hand drive markets - and apart from the US and SA, its known as the Bora.
Flyf15 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day ago) and read 647 times:
NWA, That is somewhat true. They are a compact type car. But, it is not so small that it is something annoying, with just two people in the car, it feels just fine. It can easily seat 4 medium sized people in relatively good comfort.
My last girlfriend had a loaded 2001 Jetta V6 with all the options, leather, etc. It was quite a nice car, and fun to drive. It was always just like driving the little brother to my Passat, although it was an automatic, while my Passat is a manual. So, needless to say, I always prefered to take my car whenever I would be driving.
CPDC10-30 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 4759 posts, RR: 26 Reply 15, posted (11 years 3 months 10 hours ago) and read 610 times:
Consumer Reports tested a 2001 Golf TDI. The review was very favourable except for acceleration, 12.6 seconds 0-100. And I would be wary of buying a VW because of their notoriously high-priced replacement parts.
But the Golf and Jetta are rather high priced considering the competition.
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