Shes a beauty VW really outdid there selves with this Jetta.
20081218
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI "Green Car of the Year for 2009"
Seeing is believing check out this post on VW.com.
20081217
Diesel's better comes to a close
Throughout the semester I have shown you all several benefits that diesel fuel and diesel vehicles have. I concluded with a few price comparisons that I would really like you to remember the next time your out car shopping. Diesel vehicles may cost a few more dollars in the beginning but you will save money over the life of the car.
I wish I could have given you my last comparison. It was going to be on the maintenance costs of a diesel and a gas vehicle of the same year and make. I didn't get a chance to do a blog post for this but I have been talking about it so here are the hard figures: 2005 gas Jetta 5 year total cost is $25,730.00; the 2005 TDI Jetta's 5 year total cost is $23,592.00; For a total savings of $2,138.00 over a five year period; Once again proving my point with dollars and cents diesel wins hands down.
I hope that I have opened some of your eyes to what diesel fuel and diesel vehicles have to offer. They are both better for us and the environment. They save us money and help keep our air clean. Are you thinking diesel yet? I know I am...
I wish I could have given you my last comparison. It was going to be on the maintenance costs of a diesel and a gas vehicle of the same year and make. I didn't get a chance to do a blog post for this but I have been talking about it so here are the hard figures: 2005 gas Jetta 5 year total cost is $25,730.00; the 2005 TDI Jetta's 5 year total cost is $23,592.00; For a total savings of $2,138.00 over a five year period; Once again proving my point with dollars and cents diesel wins hands down.
I hope that I have opened some of your eyes to what diesel fuel and diesel vehicles have to offer. They are both better for us and the environment. They save us money and help keep our air clean. Are you thinking diesel yet? I know I am...
20081208
Diesel car base price verses Gas car base price
I have heard from several people that they think that diesel vehicles are too expensive. After conducting my research on the subject I agree that they are more expensive than a gas model. I have researched Kelly Blue Book's website to get you an honest comparison. These prices are posted for anyone to view and compair. I used KBB.com because it is a resource that anyone can use to research vehicle prices before they purchase there new vehicle.
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta 4-door SE Sedan's MSRP price is $21,670.00. Kbb.com also has a feature that showes what consumers are paying for the vehicle and that price is $21,453.00. The specifications for this car are as follows: gas mileage 20 mpg city / 29 mpg highway; engine size 5-Cyl, 2.5 Liter; Automatic Transmission, 6-Spd w/Overdrive & Triptonic; Front wheel drive; 4 door.
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta 4-door TDI Sedan's MSRP price is $23,740.00. The price consumers are paying option price consumers are paying for the vehicle is $24,215.00. The specifications for this car are as follows: gas mileage 29 mpg city / 40 mpg highway; engine size 4-Cyl Turbo Diesel 2.0 Liter; Automatic Transmission, 6-Spd w/Overdrive & Tiptronic; Front wheel drive; 4 door.
The car I chose to compair was a brand new 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. I chose this vehicle because my brother wants to buy one in the near future and I hope that I killed two birds with one stone.
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta 4-door SE Sedan's MSRP price is $21,670.00. Kbb.com also has a feature that showes what consumers are paying for the vehicle and that price is $21,453.00. The specifications for this car are as follows: gas mileage 20 mpg city / 29 mpg highway; engine size 5-Cyl, 2.5 Liter; Automatic Transmission, 6-Spd w/Overdrive & Triptonic; Front wheel drive; 4 door.
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta 4-door TDI Sedan's MSRP price is $23,740.00. The price consumers are paying option price consumers are paying for the vehicle is $24,215.00. The specifications for this car are as follows: gas mileage 29 mpg city / 40 mpg highway; engine size 4-Cyl Turbo Diesel 2.0 Liter; Automatic Transmission, 6-Spd w/Overdrive & Tiptronic; Front wheel drive; 4 door.Basing the price comparison of of the price consumers are paying you will pay $2,762.00 more for the diesel option. So if you purchase this vehicle you will pay more when you buy it. But over the course of a year or two depending on how much you drive by the time you hit 30,000 miles you would have saved over $1,400.00 in fuel savings and an additional $1,400.00 every 10,000 miles after that.
Basically what I'm trying to tell you is that before you turn away from a diesel because it costs a few grand more. Look at the fuel savings in the long run. Pay more now for the vehicle and drive forever for much cheaper than you could drive a gas vehicle.
20081204
Diesel Question and Answer
hello everyone, I have had several people respond to my blog and I have been a little flooded with questions. I am going to answer a few in this post and several others later. A few of your questions like how much maintenance is on a diesel versus a gas vehicle. I will tell you now that a diesel vehicle's maintenance costs are higher but I'm not sure how much higher. If you take care of a diesel you will be driving it for a long time regardless of how far you drive daily.
About my previous post concerning the sizes of the engine they were both eight cylinder engines. One was a a 6.0L and the other was a 6.4L. This just means that one engine was a little bit bigger than the other. The Ford diesel has a 7.3L that is much bigger than Chevy's 6.4L but surprisingly the Chevy has more stock horsepower. Its not the size of the engine but how its engineered.
To answer another question that I was given pertaining to when diesel engines and gas engines were invented. Ok you got me the gas engine was created first. Rudolf Diesel created the diesel engine in 1898. At least that is when he got it patented. I'm sure that he had this engine built around 1893 because he published a paper describing how his invention worked. We still are using Rudlolf Diesel's idea today in every diesel engine out there. His idea was that the diesel fuel and air combined withing the cylinder, then pressurized to ignite and power the engine rather than be mixed with air pressure and ignited by a spark plug. This invention changed the way that everyone looked at engines and resulted in several uses throughout the years. You can find a diesel engine in submarines, ships, trains, tractors, large trucks, cars and in electric generating plants.
I hope that I answered some of your questions and hope that I can get to all of them before the end of class. If I don't feel, free to research for yourself all it takes is a little time, the Internet and google. Check back soon for my comparison of maintenance costs of owning a diesel vehicle versus a gas vehicle.
Works cited:
Bellis, Mary. "Rudolf Diesel - Inventor of the Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel." about.com. 1997. Diesel . 4 Dec 2008.
About my previous post concerning the sizes of the engine they were both eight cylinder engines. One was a a 6.0L and the other was a 6.4L. This just means that one engine was a little bit bigger than the other. The Ford diesel has a 7.3L that is much bigger than Chevy's 6.4L but surprisingly the Chevy has more stock horsepower. Its not the size of the engine but how its engineered.
To answer another question that I was given pertaining to when diesel engines and gas engines were invented. Ok you got me the gas engine was created first. Rudolf Diesel created the diesel engine in 1898. At least that is when he got it patented. I'm sure that he had this engine built around 1893 because he published a paper describing how his invention worked. We still are using Rudlolf Diesel's idea today in every diesel engine out there. His idea was that the diesel fuel and air combined withing the cylinder, then pressurized to ignite and power the engine rather than be mixed with air pressure and ignited by a spark plug. This invention changed the way that everyone looked at engines and resulted in several uses throughout the years. You can find a diesel engine in submarines, ships, trains, tractors, large trucks, cars and in electric generating plants.
I hope that I answered some of your questions and hope that I can get to all of them before the end of class. If I don't feel, free to research for yourself all it takes is a little time, the Internet and google. Check back soon for my comparison of maintenance costs of owning a diesel vehicle versus a gas vehicle.
Works cited:
Bellis, Mary. "Rudolf Diesel - Inventor of the Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel." about.com. 1997. Diesel . 4 Dec 2008
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