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Ziptar · 04-02-2006, 10:45 AM

Congrats. Enjoy it, it'll make a great commuter.

While I love my Chevy my job is 90 miles away, even with the 20-25 MPG the Olds Diesel gets that's still allot of fuel.

My Commuter is a 2003 VW Jetta TDI Wagon. I average 45-50 MPG with it and it can really rack up the miles. I bought it new in Nov of 2002 and I just turned 150K on it. Still runs like new. I have run it on straight vegtable oil for 60,000 miles. and expeimented with all kinds of blends of vegoil and kerosene and it never complains.

VW does make a good car, this is my second one, I had a 1998 jetta TDI That I bought new and traded it in on the current one with 187K because the turbo was going.. My own fault though, I neglected to change the oil and filter for 80,000 miles...

> I have since learned my lesson, now it's every 10K like the VW recommends

04-02-2006, 10:45 AM	#2
Ziptar Diesel Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Beyond The Sun. Posts: 144	Re: New car Congrats. Enjoy it, it'll make a great commuter. While I love my Chevy my job is 90 miles away, even with the 20-25 MPG the Olds Diesel gets that's still allot of fuel. My Commuter is a 2003 VW Jetta TDI Wagon. I average 45-50 MPG with it and it can really rack up the miles. I bought it new in Nov of 2002 and I just turned 150K on it. Still runs like new. I have run it on straight vegtable oil for 60,000 miles. and expeimented with all kinds of blends of vegoil and kerosene and it never complains. VW does make a good car, this is my second one, I had a 1998 jetta TDI That I bought new and traded it in on the current one with 187K because the turbo was going.. My own fault though, I neglected to change the oil and filter for 80,000 miles... > I have since learned my lesson, now it's every 10K like the VW recommends __________________ 1979 C-10 Silverado w/ Olds 5.7L Diesel Last edited by Ziptar; 04-02-2006 at 10:46 AM.