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Anybody have anything to say about the Tiguan?
I've pretty much given up trying to find an affordable replacement for
my old Passat wagon, so I've started looking at small SUVs and "crossovers" and will live with having to fold down the rear seats when I have to carry anything. I like my Passat, but I don't know a thing about the Tiguan beyond what I can read online. Anybody have anything good or bad to say about it? Build quality and reliability in particular? -- St. Paul, MN |
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In Bert
> wrote: > I've pretty much given up trying to find an affordable replacement for > my old Passat wagon, Oh, never mind. I finally took a look at the specs of the Jetta wagon and the cargo space is only 3 cu ft smaller than my Passat with the seats up, and is actually bigger with the seats down (probably because they actually fold flat). -- St. Paul, MN |
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On 10/23/2011 11:51 AM, Bert wrote:
> I've pretty much given up trying to find an affordable replacement for > my old Passat wagon, so I've started looking at small SUVs and > "crossovers" and will live with having to fold down the rear seats when > I have to carry anything. > > I like my Passat, but I don't know a thing about the Tiguan beyond what > I can read online. > > Anybody have anything good or bad to say about it? Build quality and > reliability in particular? No diesel. Lynn |
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Anybody have anything to say about the Tiguan?
In Lynn McGuire > wrote:
> No diesel. If I might change the subject since I've recently discovered that the Tiguan has less cargo space than the Jetta wagon... How do today's diesels cope with cold weather? We still get long stretches of below-zero F weather here, with at least one -20F day per winter. -- St. Paul, MN |
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On 10/24/2011 12:26 PM, Bert wrote:
> In Lynn > wrote: > >> No diesel. > > If I might change the subject since I've recently discovered that the > Tiguan has less cargo space than the Jetta wagon... > > How do today's diesels cope with cold weather? We still get long stretches > of below-zero F weather here, with at least one -20F day per winter. We used to throw in some unleaded (1 gal per 10). I don't know what they do nowadays. Lynn |
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Anybody have anything to say about the Tiguan?
On 10/25/2011 11:09 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 10/24/2011 12:26 PM, Bert wrote: >> In Lynn > wrote: >> >>> No diesel. >> >> If I might change the subject since I've recently discovered that the >> Tiguan has less cargo space than the Jetta wagon... >> >> How do today's diesels cope with cold weather? We still get long >> stretches >> of below-zero F weather here, with at least one -20F day per winter. > > We used to throw in some unleaded (1 gal per 10). I > don't know what they do nowadays. > > Lynn > I know a few who still do that (but at 20 to 1) and there is also both diesel anti-gel and '911' treatment as well. -- I'm never going to grow up. |
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Anybody have anything to say about the Tiguan?
Adding unleaded to the new common rail TDIs is a good way to get a $5000
repair bill for a fuel system replacement. There are very tight tolerances in the high pressure pump that require the lubrication of pure diesel fuel. "Lynn McGuire" wrote in message ... On 10/24/2011 12:26 PM, Bert wrote: > In Lynn > wrote: > >> No diesel. > > If I might change the subject since I've recently discovered that the > Tiguan has less cargo space than the Jetta wagon... > > How do today's diesels cope with cold weather? We still get long stretches > of below-zero F weather here, with at least one -20F day per winter. We used to throw in some unleaded (1 gal per 10). I don't know what they do nowadays. Lynn |
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In "LG" > wrote:
> Adding unleaded to the new common rail TDIs is a good way to get a > $5000 repair bill for a fuel system replacement. There are very tight > tolerances in the high pressure pump that require the lubrication of > pure diesel fuel. I've been seeing gripes from VW diesel owners that US-mandated ultra low sulfur fuel is behind a rash of fuel pump failures. Some say that the fuel doesn't lubricate well enough. Me, I stick with gasoline; diesel's just to hard to come by in my neighborhood. > > "Lynn McGuire" wrote in message ... > > On 10/24/2011 12:26 PM, Bert wrote: >> In Lynn > >> wrote: >> >>> No diesel. >> >> If I might change the subject since I've recently discovered that the >> Tiguan has less cargo space than the Jetta wagon... >> >> How do today's diesels cope with cold weather? We still get long >> stretches of below-zero F weather here, with at least one -20F day >> per winter. > > We used to throw in some unleaded (1 gal per 10). I > don't know what they do nowadays. > > Lynn > > -- St. Paul, MN |
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On 11/26/2012 13:29, Bert wrote:
> In "LG" > wrote: > >> Adding unleaded to the new common rail TDIs is a good way to get a >> $5000 repair bill for a fuel system replacement. There are very tight >> tolerances in the high pressure pump that require the lubrication of >> pure diesel fuel. > > I've been seeing gripes from VW diesel owners that US-mandated ultra low > sulfur fuel is behind a rash of fuel pump failures. Some say that the > fuel doesn't lubricate well enough. > Maybe, maybe not. I've not read anything very conclusive. I'd be more inclined to believe that for a 2001 or earlier vehicle and I've asked a couple of bus mechanics and they were of the opinion "meh" too. Besides that there are plenty of easily available additives to combat that. > Me, I stick with gasoline; diesel's just to hard to come by in my > neighborhood. > Seriously? In 1978 there were 3 places in a 30 mile radius here, now almost every station has it. |
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