My Jetta TDI 5speed gets mid 40's mpg driving its daily commute in traffic. Its normally 50 plus on the highway unless driven over 80 which by the way it likes to do.

 

I have been getting 50+ on a regular basis out of my Jetta. Sadly the seats are too uncomfortable to keep the car.

 

My 2000 TDI Jetta just turned 290,000 still gets 50-52 mpg, the ignition switch is the only item to be replaced besides belts and filters.

 

I think instead of airbags, casket handles should pop out the sides on impact.
It would save time.

 

Lol... Well hey, motorcycles aren't any safer.

I was looking at Honda's website yesterday. Seems as though 40 mpg is a norm these days in a gasser (non-hybrid). Guess diesel just ain't as good as it used to be. And honostly when I see all these new cars getting such great fuel economy, makes me not really like the truck. Before, the difference between driving a big truck like this versus a smaller car was only like 5-10 mpg. Now the difference is 25 mpg! At this point, it might be worth it to go back to driving a small car.

 

It's highly unlikely that I'll be trapped in a motorcycle after a collision.

I might buy a small car as a commuter vehicle, but I'll still keep my dually.
It's VERY difficult to put 4 yards of mulch in the back of a Honda Fit.
Or a Refrigerator,
Or a Washer & Dryer,
Or a load of gravel,
.....get my point?

 

thats the reason i have mine. the car is awesome to get to work, but the ol'98 is the work horse

 

you could always get some ramps and park a smart car in the bed of the truck.....

 

....or the glove box.

 

or the recycling bin.

what do tree huggers burn when they have campfires? tofu?

 

IMHO, the diesel engine is still a far better design, its just not popular here in the US. If we started putting the kind of research into diesels thats have been put into gassers over the last 20 years, we'd have some ridiculously nice diesels that get phenomenal mileage. With Audi racing a diesel now, and VW bringing in the Jetta and Golf TDI's, I have faith that diesel will be back at the top again, and if they mated a hybrid to a diesel, o yay, that would be amazing.

 

Wow if you were in that car and got into a wreck you wouldnt have much of a chance!!. I will take my truck anyday

 

Next to last sentence in the original article is B.S. Diesels only get a few mpg more than similar sized gas vehicles? Come on.

 

Even in the 80's the VW gas Rabbits got ~30 MPG, the DIESEL (non-turbo) Rabbits got 45-50 MPG.

 

With emissions regulations the tree huggers are getting imposed on the diesels they will soon see that the mileage difference is very little if any. I'd still like a diesel hybrid but I want the power of the Mercedes E320 with 45 to 48 mpg instead of 38 to 42 mpg like the current E320s.