[T3] MPGs??

[Daniel K. Du Vall]

Looks like the Golf is on sort of a hold till the 2015 model year from the site. So they may not be listing it for that reason. You have to sign up for updates.  
http://www.vw.com/models/golf/

When we got our 2004 Golf TDI it took us a while to find one and it was mostly due to a run on them at the time. We had dealer after dealer forward us to another dealer before we found one on a lot. So my guess would be that there is a scarcity of them right now here in the U.S. Last I read The Golf TDI was one of the more popular sales here alongside the GTI models.

I love our TDI although we are now getting into the mileage where things start to fail. But we are over the 150K mark and still runs strong. Looks a bit worn but that is expected having spent most of its life in Colorado. The road gravel and stuff used to melt ice takes its toll.

72 Squareback
74 (Standard) bug
04 Golf TDI
99 Chevy Z71
Destination Huntsville, AL maybe. ( Fingers crossed )

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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 11:57 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] MPGs??

On 26 Jul 2014 at 11:03, Dennis Stiefel wrote:

> Golfs are one of the few compact diesels we can get here in the US.

Odd, because we have friends with a TDI (Diesel) Golf. But I just went to VW's web site and they no longer show a Golf TDI. You can still get a Diesel new Beetle, Jetta, or Passat, as well as a few others. Wonder why they discontinued the Golf TDI?

> I've asked various people in the new car world with various 
> manufactures why most cars don't have a diesel option here and they 
> all tell me it's because of the strict NOx standards the EPA has. I 
> also suspect it's the perception the public has of them is an issue as well.

I agree about the pubic perception, but with gas prices rising like they have been (although not lately) this is changing.

> On top of that if our gas prices were like yours folks may be a little 
> more open to diesel too but diesel fuel here cost more than gas so 
> another strike it has against it here.

Which raises the question: Is Diesel fuel more expensive than gas in Europe or is this just a US thing?

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