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I have a modern Golf diesel (2014) and love it[1]. I think they pipe artificial or modified engine noise into the car when you give it the beans.

Sounds awesome ...as long as you don't open the windows. If I do it still sounds OK but you can tell it's a diesel.

I've had it from new and it's still so good on fuel I guess I'll keep it till it dies. My record is 82mpg (UK gallons) on a motorway run. Nothing's ever gone wrong on it and it's cheap to service. It has all the features I need like Adaptive Cruise.

Not sure I'd replace it with an ID or whatever the new VW replacement is but there's something just right about the Golf design.

1. Luckily it's from just after the Diesel Gate affair.

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I thought the dieselgate models were up to 2015?

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15339250/everything-you-n...

While the behaviour was terrible, my understanding is that the vehicles were better to drive during that era.

A well maintained diesel gets absolutely massive miles over its life, and it sounds like you’re on that path.

> My record is 82mph (UK gallons)

Do you mean ‘miles per gallon’? Either way, it’s impressive.

> I thought the dieselgate models were up to 2015?

Not sure when effected sales ended but I know my car didn't require a software upgrade as it was the next generation engine.

> Do you mean ‘miles per gallon’? Either way, it’s impressive.

Nice! Yes I did, now fixed thanks. Yep I was pleased with that. I did have to follow a lorry for about 100 miles to get that figure but I wasn't in a hurry. Going a bit steadier and slower makes so much difference.

My normal MPG in summer would be around 65MPGish.

(UK gallons are bigger than US gallons so it's not quite as impressive as you might think. I must switch over to metric for everything.)

I own a US Jetta 2011 TDI post-fix. I believe in the United States that ALL 2.0L Common Rail VW diesels sold in the US were affected[0] and (depending on owner’s discretion) either fixed at VWs expense, or bought-back and resold after the fix was applied. There are likely no pre-fix VW CR TDIs driving the roads in the United States today. The extended warranty was enough to incentivize even the most sovereign of citizens to take their vehicle in. Then in 2015 they stopped selling them altogether in the US. Jealous of the Euros…

Mine gets about 42 US MPG if I keep a light foot, which can be hard given how fun it is to drive. Usually works out to around 450mi a tank give or take (14 US Gallons) depending on how I feel on fill-up day about fiddling my thumbs to wait for the foam in the tank to go down to top it up to get it to “all the way filled.” I love it to death and will drive it until the DPF gets clogged, then delete and keep driving. Just bought a MK4 Jetta TDI as a beater to see if I can drive it to the moon once or twice. :) Cheers!

[0]:https://www.epa.gov/vw/learn-about-volkswagen-violations

> 82mpg (UK gallons)

Damn impressive!

That's 3.44 L/100 km for any confused Europeans :D

Thanks. Something I've noticed is that cars much improve after about 30,000 miles (48280km). I guess things like the cylinders get lapped by the pistons.

I want to own a more environmentally friendly car. Right now I think I'm best served by keeping my existing Golf for as long as possible and just trying to keep the mileage down (I live in the country not a town/city).

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