Efficiency of TDI engines

[Koolaba]

Hello all,

 

Sharing my experience on a 105PS VW Golf V TDI. 708.5km on 41.5l of diesel. Effectively, the FC is around 17.07km/l or 5.85l/100km.

[Genie47]

That's great. Now will someone please tell the gahment to let private car owners have access to this technology affordably.

[Vidz]

cos they will loss lotssa of revenue from tax...

both directly and indirectly from company tax of oil companies...

In addition, relevent agencies are too complacent or ignorant about the devlopment of newer technologies... not forgoting red-tapes... "if it aint broken, don fix it"

[Lightspeed]

The FC is really

 

Man... how I wish I had that type of FC

[Koolaba]

If I have not recalled wrongly, Bosch SEA once brought in a few units of Mercedes E220 CDI and VW Touareg TDI for NEA and LTA to evaluate. Most importantly, it is to shed the antique image that diesel powered vehicles are dirty and smelly.

 

On the contrary, diesel powered vehicles fulfilling the Euro 4 emission standards put out less COx emissions compared to the petrol driven vehicles. Biodiesel, which can be obtained from plants, can be used to power these vehicles. Thereby it reduces our dependence on fossil fuels.

 

It really puzzles me too, why punitive taxes are implemented on diesel cars used as private vehicles and why the green incentives are applicable to hybrid cars which are still relying on petrol as propellant.

[Koolaba]

Not forgetting diesel engines unleash more torque at lower rpms albeit the power band is smaller compared to petrol engines. In our stop and go driving condition, I value torque more than power. After all, why do we need so much power even under the legal speed limits of 110km/h on Malaysian highways?

[Bentwy]

Errr... because we're the world's second largest petroleum refinery???

Our gahmen is very pragmatic - they will not feed a hand that will end up biting them - financially.

Well. we can bitch all we went here. but in the end we are the ones that votes them in (at least some of us) - for the same pragmatic issues.

[Genie47]

You better talk to Lordalfa. He is now a diesel convert.

[Furrynadz]

i hit 175km/h on NSH b4

[Boyboy]

What is your ride?

 

My kangoo's record was 900+ on 40 something liter. forgot the exact figure, but when i took the first and divided by the second, i remember this figure.. 19.8km/l

 

Now I average about 17+ to 18+ km/l, cos I use aircon more often but still pretty decent FC for a 1.9 liter. But pickup (after about 50km/h) and top speed is really .

[Lightspeed]

Yes... torque is what we need... thank goodness the Octy has pretty good torque

[Koolaba]

What is Lordalfa driving?

[Odyssey02]

whoa. IMPRESSIVE.

[Eugh]

There was a Fifth Gear episode where they compared the fuel efficiency of the 3 most frugal cars in UK, in their respective categories of petrol, diesel and hybrid.

 

Suffice to say, the diesel won...

[Furrynadz]

3rd generation euro5 hdi+electric hybrid

 

30km/l?

[Boyboy]

It really puzzles me too, why punitive taxes are implemented on diesel cars used as private vehicles and why the green incentives are applicable to hybrid cars which are still relying on petrol as propellant.

 

Talking about the green incentives, it is still too insignificant to make the majority of car owners switch to hybrid. This shows that the petrol tax probably too valuable for them to pass up on. If they so clean and green, they should make it worth the while for the typical singaporean motorist to afford. considering that the technology is still not as proven as conventional cars

[Genie47]

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[Gabriel]

time to change to 1.5 turbo

but do so after ur studies