The diesel engine has a lot of promise, they have won races even. But of all the shade tree mechanics I know very few understand what makes a diesel run, the high compression, the detail needed for clean fuel, the need to use a different fuel in the winter and then there is the limited RPM range or torque curve.
Which is why so many mod a diesel to get over 500 horsepower out of it, so they can stomp on the throttle and peel rubber while making a god awful horrendous racket and a plume of smoke to rival a nuclear blast.
See I drive concrete mixers, I am the mechanic for them plus the owners personal diesel trucks, I have seen most if all on the road from two cycle Detroit’s to the ill conceived Oldsmobile diesel, and then the wonderful Mercedes diesels and agin to the VW diesels.
Cold weather is tough on a diesel, again I say because I live in Alaska.
I’m thinking of getting a VW Jetta TDI wagon for my next car. Do a lot of driving and the gas mileage seems to be great. What do you think of the car?