Just wanted to see how many of us have dual citizenship by vehicle. I'm on my third TDI waiting for the new Jetta TDI I ordered to arrive. Currently have a 2005 Jetta Wagon GLS TDI.

2005 Beetle/TDI/5 speed.........loaded GLS with XM, Zenon's etc.

So far I am avg's 39-42 mpg and it has only 3700 miles........once it hits 10K miles it chould loosen up and go into the 45+ mpg range.

Great car, the wife loves it..........;)

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My wife drives our 03 Jetta TDI, fully loaded but automatic. -:t She didn't want a stick.

2002 Golf TDI 5 speed w/ 50 K miles. Great power train, handling, suspension, seats & mileage - averages around 45 MPG. Runs happily on biodiesel:ro) . Great little cruiser. I have one beef: the electronics are really annoying. Lots of CELs / trips to the dealer, radio conks out intermittently, car seems too computerized for me. But it is a great commuting and road trip car.

The TDI Club web site is very helpful: www.tdiclub.com/ (http://www.tdiclub.com/)

John

The TDI Club web site is very helpful: www.tdiclub.com/ (http://www.tdiclub.com/)

John

Yea, been a member their since 99'

2005 Beetle/TDI/5 speed.........loaded GLS with XM, Zenon's etc.

So far I am avg's 39-42 mpg and it has only 3700 miles........once it hits 10K miles it chould loosen up and go into the 45+ mpg range.

Great car, the wife loves it..........;)

We had a 2003 Beetle TDI after the first Jetta, never did get the mileage of the Jetta's. Must be the shape. My wife is the primary driver and she loves them too. Good Beetle and previous truck were combined to become my GMC.

02 Jetta with 38k on it.......5 speed with bigger injectors, waiting for even bigger injectors/turbo or a light tune.......

Averages 48-9 mpg.

I like it.

Wife had an 02 Jetta TDI ...commuted 100 miles/day up until 110,000 ...sold and bought a new 2004 NB PD TDI. It hasn't proven to be the car the the 02 was ...just had a brand new motor installed at 27K :( as it was using over 1 quart/oil every 500 miles. Ironically this started at 20K miles after 2 glow plugs (#1 & #3) were replaced. My theory is the tech overtighted a glow plug, cracked it and the pieces munched the head and cylinder wall. #3 cylinder was scored beyond repair. It took 2 months and the car on an oil monitoring program before VW would do anything about it. Hopefully it will be smooth sailing the rest of the way. Still have a bad taste in my mouth from the latest go around with VW over the motor replacement and quality of service.

Here's her lemon (no pun intended) :)

2005 Jetta Wagon TDI 5 speed. Only thing I don't like is finding the VW spec oil.

I have a 99 "new" Jetta, white 5spd, 91,000 mi, straight piped, Rocketchip euro stage 3 chip, Awe Tuning boost gauge and colunm pod, boostvalve set at 22lbs and I will be adding some Kerma pp520 injectors soon. I commute 60 mi one way to work M-Fri and sometime Sat. I average anywhere between 47-53 depending on how I drive it. I do do alot of city driving too.

THE GOOD: I have a 2003 Jetta TDI 5 speed with about 42K miles. I lbought the car for the engine. The handling is tight, brakes are great, mileage is sick. Get about 51 MPG doing 75 - 80 mph up and down the turnpike. Nobody believes me when I tell them that.

THE BAD: Reliability is only so so though. Been to the dealer a number of times and they are 100% useless. A bunch of uninformed, unaccomidating idiots. They are only good for oil changes and I even hear they manage to screw that up :rolleyes:
I had an upsolute chip in it but when the dealer changed the ecm, that was lost. Didn't feel it was a good idea to mention it to them
:badidea: Now the car is slooooooow. Rocketchip stage II, injectors, and clutch are in the plans :)

THE CONCLUSION: Overall it's a great little car that is more than I expected.

Stizo, I would love to chip the car, but it is leased until the new one arrives. I believe you about he mileage, wife gets 50+, I get about 47ish. Must be the size thirteen on the go pedal.

Wife used to get 45-50 mpg every tank with her 2002 Jetta. With the 04 TDI I think the best she has ever got is 45 mpg and more typically around 40 mpg ...all freeway. Personally I think the non-PD is a better motor and more reliable.

Now have in the family a 2003 Jetta TDI and 1999 NB TDI. Use to have a 1999 Jetta TDI but the boy decided to sell after he got my old 95 6.5TD. The 99 NB was mine but my duather and son-in-law now have it.

Greg

I bought my wife her '02 Jetta TDI after owning my D/A for two years. Been a good car for commuting. Got 48 to 49 mpg. Wish my Duramax got that, too.

BB

04 Jetta GLS TDI here. 5spd with ESP, leather and tush toasters. Headlights replaced with Euro Specs, ventectomy on the fuel tank, Cat fuel filter replacement, Euro MFA cluster. 37K and climbing. Routinely seeing 50+ mpg

04 Golf TDI 25K on it now averages 43-46 on 60 mile RT comute, best recorded was 49+ on trip to La. @75mph.
Nice car but would probably upgrade to Jetta if traded.
Dealer so-so 20K service $275 :mad: Jesse James is still alive.
Three years till retirement can't decide whether to trade one more time or just ride it out.
Merle

Im suprised, there are a lot of TDIers here..........

I find it to be the perfect "other half" to the truck..........

Im suprised, there are a lot of TDIers here..........

I find it to be the perfect "other half" to the truck..........

I agree. The TDI does my light duty commuting and long distance trips while the truck is for man stuff :cool:

Aren't many other choices in this country for diesel lovers. I first looked into diesel cars because of trips to Europe. Wondered why everyone had one. Rented one and thought it was pretty cool. Fun to drive a little car with a stick. With the mileage, I was sold.

My wife has a 2001 Jetta TDI. She loves it. She averages 45mpg. The thing I like best is I can run at 95mph+ and still get over 40mpg. Problem is it's just to small for me. She has a round trip of 90 miles every day and I do 130-150 miles a day. Needless to say our fuel bill is very large. Diesels are awesome. I can't even imagine driving a gasser anymore.

I've had my 01 Jetta TDI 5sp for about 1 1/2 years now and put about 25K per year on it. So far it been a fairly good and reliable car and has 78,000 miles. Its stock and I get 50+ mpg week end and week out.

http://www.tdiclub.com is a great site for info on the TDI.

I got an 05 Jetta Wagon TDI/auto GLS last October. 15,000 miles later I have a lifetime average of 46.5mpg. Has seen the dealer once for the free first oil change. I use it as my small truck--haul anything that will fit in it. It just amazes me to drive over 650 miles between fill ups, then only put 14-15 gallons in. Sad part is I never seem to drive the Dmax anymore, I just run the wheels off the VW.

We have a 2003 Jetta TDi GLS just just turned over 53,000 miles. Only one problem when I first got it and dealer fixed it. Avg 45-47 mpg. Great car for the 75 mile round trip commute wife has. Waiting for the new Jetta TDi coming out later this year.

Bigger, slower, and it looks like a corolla...........

03 Golf TDI, 5spd ,bought new when I lived in Canada,42k on the odo., runs great on bio diesel, awesome economy esp on highway .thinking about chipping, Only complaint is the a.m portion radio which the dealer still needs to address otherwise trouble free. CAT fuel filter in place of VW OE filter. Nice car, tight and bought right in Canada on the good exchange rate.
Richard

Anyone running early 80's turbo diesels? I have an 85 1.6L turbo that I am having problems with. if anyone can help. thanks

Bigger, slower, and it looks like a corolla...........

I resemble that remark except for the corolla part. That is why we are getting the new one. Would have liked to get the Passat but they only have autos, no fun. I'm going to drive one of the new DSG 6 speeds this weeekend. It is suppose to be an auto clutch manual tranny. Might change my mind if Ilike the tranny. Wish they would put a 6-speed in the current one.

I have a '04 Jetta PD TDI with the 5 speed tiptronic. Have about 10k miles on it and to date have gotten a best mpg of 46.

It would be nice if Edge came out with a TDI Juice box!

jmariano,

I have a good bit of experience with the older ones. Been driving them for 10 years now. My first was an '84 Rabbit.

Just got my first TDI

1999 Golf 5 speed. 162k miles. Runs and drives like new. Don't know mileage yet. I used to get 49 mpg in my '91 Jetta if I took it easy. Of course that only happened once just to see what I could get, then the hammer went down. I don't know what it got with the hammer down. I fill up at home.

Whoa! Check dzlsabe.com

Girlfriend has 00 Jetta, 110K miles. Replaced one MAF with MB unit. $500 TB replacement (PM). Goofy electrical problems ie. trunk release, driver door access lights, check engine light (glow plug system that checks out OK). Other than that great car and mileage. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

I bought my wife a brand new passat TDI in 1996. The car has around 225,000 miles on it and still running great.
I am still driving a stock 2003 2500HD w/Duramax & Allison.

Have a gudden!

I have two TDI's. My wife drives a 2001 Jetta GLS automatic with about 60K on it and I drive a 2000 Jetta GL 5 speed with about 170K on it. They're awesome vehicles!

Just to update everyone, the new one is here! 05'New Jetta TDI, package 1 in silver with a 5-speed. This one is quiet and larger. First impression is really good. Sound system is better than old one. Shifts are shorter and the knob is bigger. In about three weeks I can tell you what the beginning mpg's will be. Pictures to follow.....must relearn how to post them.

Here it is.
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Sweet!

Ive heard on the TDIclub that people are getting good mileage with the A5's.

Hack off that muffler (very little sound difference), and add some programming!

We have a 2004 VW Jetta TDI/ 5 speed trans/ station wagon that we pull behind a motor home. We full time RV and use the Jetta as a dingy.


Chris Howell

"If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me
For I must be traveling on nowThere's too many places I gotta see"
Lyrics from Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd

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howelljourney, do you pull the Jetta on a dolly? I have a jetta and a motorhome and do not know if I should go with a dolly (recommended by VW) or with a plain hitch.

Another update, 613 miles on 13.5 gallons of diesel. 45 mpg on the first tank, should get better with time. I catch myself wanting to drive this one to make stupid trips to run the miles up. Nicest Jetta we have owned yet.

Hey,
I'm new to this site, I have a 05 golf tdi and she has a 04 jetta. So far so good.:)

my wife has a 05 passat tdi that gets 40 mpg

I have a 2003 Jetta TDI GLS. Has been awesome, especially for the daily commute. Averaging 45mpg. Waiting for the 05 TDI to hit the streets.

I have a 2003 Jetta TDI GLS. Has been awesome, especially for the daily commute. Averaging 45mpg. Waiting for the 05 TDI to hit the streets.
See post #34 & 35.:ro)

05 TDI...getting about 43 on highways running 75-80. I love the car. I can take 8% grades at 85 MPH with the A/C on and the car doesn't downshift. Try doing that in a Toyota Camry/Honda Accord. I, too, agree that the VW customer service is the worst thing about owning a VW. I'm waiting for other manufacturers to put out a diesel car. I'm hoping for a baby duramax/powerstroke/cummins in a sedan.

I got a 04' Jetta TDI. Loaded. Nice little car. No mods yet -- Still a diesel newbie.

Hey All!

I'm new here....:) :)

I have a 2001 Yellow TDI Bug...Mom has a 2004 Sundown Orange TDI Bug..AND my little sister has a 2005 Black TDI Bug..they're all fully loaded..no motifications yet....So as you can tell we LOVE our lil diesels! We haven't had any problems with them at all!! We always recommend them to people!!:p:

2005 passatt tdi gls wagon Great car,great milage, great companion for our 2003 3500 crew D/A. I will probably never buy another gasoline vehicle (except classic car).

01 new Beetle myself (wife actually) no mods yet Red with auto trans too small for family sized road trips looking at a 87 Mercedes 300 SDL for the family car retiring the Villager mini-van (never liked it) perfect for the wife & soccer mom duties though.

where is everyone buying all these mods at.
I have a 03 tdi jetta GLS with 85,000 and getting 45 mpg and using as a baby hauler. Let me know, upgrading the ECM and turbo sounds like fun. Power to the Jetta!!!!

Hi all. Just purchased an 00' Beetle yesterday, 5-speed. This is my first "water-cooled" V-dub. Currenlty own five air-cooled. This is also my first diesel. Glad to be on board.

Welcome aboard 67 T1:grd:

Lots of good info here and good folks too.:cool:

Thanks. Glad to be here. I'm used to speaking in air-cooled terms, so I hope all will overlook.
This is pretty funny, now remember, I own and drive a 67' Beetle. While I was looking to purchase my 00' Beetle, I asked the sales guy "lets have a look in the trunk", and I walked to the front of the car. So I'm standing in the front, and he's standing at the rear. So, for about 3 seconds we just stand there looking at each other, both thinking, "what the hell are you doing?" (for those who don't know, the old Beetle had the trunk in the front).
Now, on to figuring out this TDi thing.

2003 2 door Golf TDI. 44mpg average over 50,000+ miles. Gotta love it.

Ive got to say....I really didnt like the look of the new A5, but it has grown on me......a lot

Bought our '04 Jetta GLS new - what a great car. Nothing to get 600-plus miles out of a tank. Just rolled 40k miles and no worries!

Well we just got our Jetta TDI GLS :cool: Man do we love it!!! ):h
The only problem I've found so far is it dosent feel like your going that fast and the next thing ya know yar doin' 80 :eek: . And thats w/o any mods?!? :eek: :eek:

Hi guys, I'm new here and was tickled to find a TDI section. We bought our '05 2500HD DA in June and our '06 Jetta TDI for the wife in October. I would probably buy a second TDI for myself if we didn't need the truck for pulling our camper, I love that car!

Are any of you regulars over at TDIclub.com?:ro)

Yessir......same name too.

02 chev duramax crewcav long box -currently working w/ding dong service manager on the powersteering pump and the loss of steering and brakes. other stuff : complained about the TSB old fashioned type writer sound, tranny selector switch failed locked in 3rd, drivers elec window motor failure, power/heated mirror failure, steering linkage TSF clunk, Tailgate strap recall, Ujoints out at 60K, CD player intermitantly reads Error at 65K, service eng soon light comes on frequently take to dealer to find nothing maybe the MAF should try cleaning I hear, 16 to 19 MPG and I still like the truck even after the above w/ a 40plus thousand dollar rig. Total mi now 76K.

04 VW Jetta sedan AT tiptronic tranny. Bought used in June 05 w/ 15k and now Jan 06 has 44K. Only problem has been 2 rear speaker failures covered by warranty. VW 5/5000 beats GM joke 3/36000. This little car is well worth the $. 45mpg summer fuel 40mpg winter. Thinking of a chip leaning towards the Upsolute, anyone else chipping their TDI's and how'd it work?
Thanks.

rocketchip.com, gets much better reviews.

Must install a boost valve.

I put a rocketchip stage III euro tune in mine. I also have a boost valve set at 22lbs and kerma PP520 injector nozzles. The chip alone was awesome:ro) made it feel completely different. the nozzles made it feel alot more responsive and gave it more top end pull. Alot of the guys on tdiclub.com say that the stage III chip dynos at 120-130 fwhp. With my setup I should be at 140-160fwhp and 250-260fwtq. I think sometime this year I am going to put a vnt-17 turbo, RC 4, and race nozzles on. Then I will be at 170-180fwhp and close to 300 ft lbs of torque):h I am putting a spec clutch in my car within the next 2 months. I am not sure what stage I will go with yet. My stock clutch is handling the power just fine and it looks to be in great shape but while I have my tranny out I will upgrade because Ive got bigger plans:D

I also noticed 2-3 mpg better mileage with the chip.:grd:

I put a rocketchip stage III euro tune in mine. I also have a boost valve set at 22lbs and kerma PP502 injector nozzles. The chip alone was awesome:ro) made it feel completely different. the nozzles made it feel alot more responsive and gave it more top end pull. Alot of the guys on tdiclub.com say that the stage III chip dynos at 120-130 fwhp. With my setup I should be at 140-160fwhp and 250-260fwtq. I think sometime this year I am going to put a vnt-17 turbo, RC 4, and race nozzles on. Then I will be at 170-180fwhp and close to 300 ft lbs of torque):h I am putting a spec clutch in my car within the next 2 months. I am not sure what stage I will go with yet. My stock clutch is handling the power just fine and it looks to be in great shape but while I have my tranny out I will upgrade because Ive got bigger plans:D
I should add that the 99 cars have a different clutch than the rest.....

My 02 is not expected to hold more than about 240 ft lb at best....:(

Thinking of a chip leaning towards the Upsolute, anyone else chipping their TDI's and how'd it work?
Thanks.

I went with RC as well. RC has just about any flavor tune you could ever want. I did the relatively tame stage 1+ which is a stage 1 HP and stage 2 TQ. I'm very happy with it and within a year or so I'll throw some guages on it and upgrade to a stage 2+.

One other thing to consider. As long as you don't get tuned in person, in other words you overnight the ECU, RC can give you a virtual EGR delete that works without any fault lights (CELs). He can also provide your ECU immobilizer login in code which is almost impossible to get from any VW dealer.

I should add... I have a 2004 Jetta TDI/Tip

I should add that the 99 cars have a different clutch than the rest.....

My 02 is not expected to hold more than about 240 ft lb at best....:(

yah, the 99 cars are better:p: They have a Luk clutch that is rated for 300ft lbs:D

See signature:ro)

Wife loves this car. Got it loaded with everything. Even have SIRIUS, gotta love that Howard Stern. Avg 52-54 mpg on a 70 mile round trip commute. Drove it to PA to visit relatives, got 702 miles to the tank. Thinking I should get one just for the fuel mileage and drive the Duramax on the weekends.

We thought our '04 TDI was great - until we got the '06! What a great car!

2002 New Beetle-50+mpg, 2004 Passat 42+mpg. All diesel at my stable
(except a redmax weedeater!!) GO DIESEL!

I'm rolling up several thousand miles a month with my new job and looking to get a used Jetta TDI to save the ol' DMax. The way I figure it, a $10k car is easier to replace after 200k+ miles than a $45k truck with same.

Not in a big hurry as we have to wait till the new house is finished before we take on any other expenses, but I'm curious what to look for in a used Jetta TDI?

Timing belt replacement around 100k, right?

Proper oil is crucial, from what I've read.

What else?

Any pitfalls to watch out for?

Just checkin' in on being a dual diesel family. My wife has a '00 Jetta TDI. She commutes around 100mi rt a day. She's been avg 47mpg, 620-630mi on a tank. We bought the car as a cert pre owned, and we used every bit of the warranty that came w/it. After countless trips to dealer, and around $5000 in warranty work later, her car is just like new. After one oil change, my wife brought the car home and I inspected it. I found an oil rag laying on the exhaust in the eng compartment, and missing bolts on the eng shield. If it wasn't for the service part, VW has a good thing.

VW dealers are horrible.....

I was actually relieved when my warranty was up. ):h

CStone---I'm pretty sure the timing belt should be done at 80k,as far as oil, I use Delvac 5w40 in both my DMax and jetta TDI. The VW dealer also used Delvac 5w40. The tdiclub.com site has a lot of info that could be useful in your search for a tdi. Good luck. It seems like if you find a good one it's a tank and almost indestructable. The bad ones nickel and dime ya, in VW case,multiple Franklin, not a lot of in between w/ VW.When all is said, we love our Jetta, it's a really fun car to drive.

VW dealers are horrible.....

I was actually relieved when my warranty was up. ):h
manntranny---it actually scared me when the warranty exp, it meant the repair bill was coming out of my pocket. It is nice not putting up w/the dealer but its always in the back of my mind how much the next repair will cost.

Timing belt replacement around 100k, right?

Proper oil is crucial, from what I've read.

Any pitfalls to watch out for?

Timing belt changes on the newer TDIs are 100k miles.

The newer PD injector rollers need 505.01 oil which is expensive but can go up to 10k between changes.

If you want to play with bioD, for now VW only approves B5 bioD. Rumor has it the PDs are a bit more finicky with bioD.

Pre-PDs (90hp) are reported to get a bit more fuel economy than the 100hp PD.

thanks!