Diesel more than gas??

[Stonewall]

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You're still getting way better mileage than gas engines so it still costs you less to run your car.

That is a horrible excuse, what do most big digs run on? The price of shipping is going to go through the roof so then everything we buy will go up in price.

[forkdork]

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This bothers me as well. This only happened recently too. I just bought an 05 golf TDI, and part of the argument about how it was going to save me money was that diesel was cheaper than gas, so I would get both better mileage, and pay less per litre for fuel.... so much for that argument. Soon it will be cheaper to drive a 1.8T instead of the 1.9L TDI in a golf. In fact, at all of the gas stations around me, gas is down to 90c/L, while diesel is at $1.05!!
Somebody told me that it is because bush ordered the refineries in the southern states to produce a much higher amount of gas, and less of diesel, in order to keep everybody in america happy while refinery output was lowered as a result of the hurricanes. I sure hope this isn't the case.

Yeah, you did get owned sorta... Just wait a while, wasn't diesel 30cents/L cheaper than gas when gas was at 114?

Prices will go down......I hope. Glad I don't drive much

[mr_barbeque]

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[zero10]

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Yeah, you did get owned sorta... Just wait a while, wasn't diesel 30cents/L cheaper than gas when gas was at 114?

Prices will go down......I hope. Glad I don't drive much
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Yep, it was. I remember watching the signs, because it was all perfect for my argument, then stupid diesel skyrocketed. My dad is a trucker, he works for a pretty large company who is severely hurting over the price hike. They are feeling it too, and no matter how bad we think we have it paying $4 or $5 more per tank, they are sometimes paying $100 more per tank, yeouch!

I can't wait for it to come back town.

[TDi_Steve]

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Yep, it was. I remember watching the signs, because it was all perfect for my argument, then stupid diesel skyrocketed. My dad is a trucker, he works for a pretty large company who is severely hurting over the price hike. They are feeling it too, and no matter how bad we think we have it paying $4 or $5 more per tank, they are sometimes paying $100 more per tank, yeouch!

I can't wait for it to come back town.

Youch!!!
Cost me $60 to fill on the weekend
wtf?
why more that Gas? Got me?

[hifiguy]

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Paid .98 at Superstore today. Still get about 900K to the tank in the city.

[albertaTDI]

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900km in the city ?? I think my right shoe must be to heavy, I don't even get that on the highway !

[hifiguy]

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Mainly Deerfoot driving, so anywhere from a dead stop to 120K. I typically drive about 80K a day, 35K each way to work.

A recent trip to BC got just under 1200Km to one tank.

[Vulcan]

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I'm getting over 1000 km per tank (vented) in city driving.

[James]

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^^
man, you guys must drive like pu$$ies to see that kind of city MPG...My last tank of ultra diesel got me 710km in the city.

...and im 'mostly' deerfoot too (all the way from 22x -> 32nd ave and back every day)

[albertaTDI]

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I get about 800 km per tank driving from Airdrie everyday but i do about 125- 130 evey day if i slow down to 110 im sure i would hit high 9's cause on my anual bc trip i can get like 1100km per tank

[zero10]

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I get 650km to the tank, no venting, I stop filling at the first click, 100% city, very rarely even touch deerfoot, and I really like my right foot. I was previously depressed about my mileage, but then I looked it up...
EPA 7.1L/100km, mine - 7.7L/100km, but that's heavy right foot, occasional A/C, and winter diesel... doing okay I think

Anyhoo, I just filled up today for $1.099, like a stupid sucker. :(
I get home, check calgarygasprices.com and find I could have gone to crowfoot (just as far) and saved $0.175/L. I'm not happy.

[James]

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Filled up for 1.07 @ the husky across from CMS when droppin' off a car

[Red90]

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7.7 l/100km, eek. I assume it is a PD, then?

I normally get 6 l/100km city 4.5 l/100km highway with a best of 4.0.

[zero10]

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7.7 l/100km, eek. I assume it is a PD, then?

I normally get 6 l/100km city 4.5 l/100km highway with a best of 4.0.

Yep, it's a PD, and an autotragic.

As a whole, the PD gets very similar mileage to non-PD engines tuned to make the same power levels. I'm making a trip to red deer and back in the next couple of weeks, we'll see how it does mileage-wise on that trip, I'm expecting ~4.5L/100km on the trip.

I just checked my spreadsheet, lifetime average (yeah right, lifetime?... more like 2600km average) of 7.8L/100km.

I'm hoping after the first oil change (and a swap to 506.01 oil, maybe ELF?...) the mileage will start to improve as it breaks in. I know you won't see really great mileage until 10k or 20k on the clock, but I still think I'm doing pretty darn good considering my driving habits.