forget all the little secrets the car will be very and is very very very succesful in europe so

doesnt matter about any of the comments the car has been put to the test and passed with

flying colours!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's decided on the Jetta as the Passat is a bit too old-manish for him. 2.0L TFSI (turbo petrol) motor. 6-speed DSG transmission. He hasn't picked which dealer he's going to buy from though, as he's finding out where he'll get the best deal. He's been offered a $4,000 discount from one dealer though, and their model has the full bodykit and lowered suspension. It's black and is meant to look hot.

I wanna be seeing something a little more flash for my $40k. I'd rather a Six-Speed LPG Ford Futura for my money. Space, Pace and Grace all at a cheap running cost over several years. Or a LPG VE Commodore or something like that.

 

Do tell me the average fuel consumption for the vehicle when you get it though. I will be thoroughly interested.

Edited December 1, 200619 yr by Mr Hardware

He wasn't worried about the fuel consumption, otherwise he would have got the diesel. I think he just liked the serious grunt of the turbo petrol, which isn't far off the power of the LPG Falcon (147kW for the TFSI vs. 156kW for the E-Gas).

Edited December 1, 200619 yr by ancullen

yeah, egas falcon's power is pretty piss poor for a 4L Motor.

 

well if he's spending 40k on a kraut-mobile, i spose fuel economy isn't a high priority.

 

it's a pity it won't last on australian roads/conditions, especially in the NT.

Luckily he lives in Sydney. :)

 

The real pity is that if he ever brought it to the NT (from January onwards), he won't be able to test its top speed on the highway as a 130km/h limit is to be introduced.

I didnt read ANY of that, expept for the title.

 

Three words- I hate you. :P

It's nice to get some recognition anyway. :P

 

BTW, I called Dad today and he's bought a 2.0L turbo petrol Jetta for $46,800 minus trade in.

ok, now we want pics!!!!! (in accion of course :P

I'm hoping he'll send me some when he picks the car up next week.

I agree with Mr Hardware, i just don't see it becoming a big thing. If you want poke buy a GTI if you want economy buy the diesel. I just don't see too many people going for the mix of both.

 

 

That is a bit of a silly thing to say, I would say 90% of the male population of this country would say YES f@$kIN PLEASE if you said would you like heaps of power out of your car but still very good fuel economy?

^ Ummm, LPG?

 

I find it so amazing that you have been able to get awesome power vs economy for years with LPG, and yet people are still beating around the bush for stupid solutions like TSI.

 

I tell you, for $47K I'd rather a V8 LPG Berlina.

LPG uses around the same amount of fuel as what a petrol car does so how do you work that out.

Trev, that's so wrong it's not funny. LPG uses at least half as much fuel again as petrol (in a Falcon for instance), but costs only a bit over half the price of petrol (regular unleaded). So for $/km, you're spending a bit less on LPG. However, if you improve the fuel economy of a petrol vehicle, you could potentially make it cheaper in $/km than an LPG vehicle. Then again, if you put LPG through that same motor, you'd probably get the same benefits. How about an LPG powered TSI?

Trev, that's so wrong it's not funny. LPG uses at least half as much fuel again as petrol (in a Falcon for instance), but costs only a bit over half the price of petrol (regular unleaded). So for $/km, you're spending a bit less on LPG. However, if you improve the fuel economy of a petrol vehicle, you could potentially make it cheaper in $/km than an LPG vehicle. Then again, if you put LPG through that same motor, you'd probably get the same benefits. How about an LPG powered TSI?

 

 

If you take a LPG car and tune it to the best it can It will use around 33% more gas than a petrol ran car will, I did have to tune gas engines and i worked on them every day for 6 months as i was a field service forklift technician so i think i know how they work And no i no longer have a gas certificate as it was a corporate certificate headed by the company i worked for, Gas is also the most easiest setup to tune.