And you'll get 200,000 miles out of the TDI. In 10-15 years, you won't have to buy a horribly expensive battery pack, either.
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And you'll get 200,000 miles out of the TDI. In 10-15 years, you won't have to buy a horribly expensive battery pack, either.
Perhaps, but there's got to be a reason so many people seem to share the same opinion of them.
Something tells me they do.
Thats kind of my point. We all just line up and cast barbs. City vs country. Trucks vs Priui. If its all in good fun thats one thing but there seems to be a deep seated disdain for the "other" on both sides. Its gross.
I dont think id like a city dwelling Prius university liberal hypocrite any more than cleatus the slack jawed pick up truck driving yocal. Although admittedly, Cleatus would be more fun to hang out with and more likely to help a person out...dammits i hate when i make other peoples points!
VW has terrible reliability ratings from what ive read. Is that just their gasoline models?
Thats kind of my point. We all just line up and cast barbs. City vs country. Trucks vs Priui. If its all in good fun thats one thing but there seems to be a deep seated disdain for the "other" on both sides. Its gross.
VW's only have problems when people don't properly maintain them. If they are properly maintained, they are awesome. The ONLY complaint I have about them, are their electrical gremlins they are so famous for. Mine has them and it drives me nuts.
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I wouldn't try telling that to someone with an '05/'06 TDI.
We don't need cars that can drive themselves. We need people who can drive their cars.Naw!, Prius's aren't that bad. My wife has a 2011 Prius V and her combined City/Highway mileage is 52mpg. The little thing is absolutely loaded with technology: rear view camera, crash avoidance auto-braking, lane divergence warning, USB ports, radar to keep various distances between you and the vehicle in front when on cruise control, HUD, regenerative braking, GPS, Bluetooth connectivity, hands free communications, headlight washers, heated seats, Three modes of driving; Power Mode uses gas engine and battery, Eco mode uses gas engine only, and EV mode which uses battery only (speed limited). We take her car instead of my Ram 1500 when we drive across Texas. The little thing will do 80+ all day without breaking a sweat, just doesn't get there as quickly as other vehicles.
And you'll get 200,000 miles out of the TDI. In 10-15 years, you won't have to buy a horribly expensive battery pack, either.
Right on! A fellow Jetta TDI driver. I completely agree with your MPG #s and mine flat out hauls ass!
Mine:
Suck on this Prius fanbois:
I find it a amusing when people say they bought a $40k Prius to save money. Want to save money? Buy a well cared for 1988 CRX HF for $5-7k and still get the 50mpg that you'd get with the Prius.
I forget what year my dad's was, but after replacing the dual mass flywheel and an injection pump he couldn't get rid of it fast enough.
You'll just replace everything on the rest of the car, lol
Btw, fyi jetta.s address the preferred cars of the homosexual makes, not that there's anything wrong w that, kekeke
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As far as an outright condemnation of all Prius owners...thats a bit silly and i hope the Prius crowd doesnt view all pick em up truck owners with equal disdain.
Efficient by what measure? Sure, if you look at only MPG, then it looks fairly efficient, but lets look at the totality of the circumstance... See my post above about the CRX. The CRX HF cost about $8900 when new in 1988. If you adjust that for inflation it would be about $16k today. How is it Honda was able to make a cheap, reliable, 50mpg car with 1980's technology and a new Prius costs $40k? That seems incredibly inefficient to me. Let's also factor in maintenance costs. The Prius has an expensive battery pack that will have to be replaced every 7 years or so, plus added maintenance due to the CVT. There are tons of 25yo Hondas with conventional engines and transmissions still on the road today with only routine maintenance. I think you would be much better off in the long run buying one of the newer small cars getting ~40mpg on a conventional engine than a hybrid.What I really aimed to achieve with this post was to find out what new technology is being employed in these types of vehicles, and see if there actually is a need for it. I'd like to find out if this technology really efficient instead of attempts to be efficient. In an attempt to achieve this I'll remove, "and Owners of Them" from the Title.