I completely agree. My next vehicle will be a small diesel car. Better than my current truck with a 5.7 liter V8 (im too scared to calculate how much money I would have saved had I bought a diesel car instead). Those little VW Polo's they sell in Europe have a little 1.0 liter 3 cylinder diesel engine and get up too 75 MPG!!! I must import one for myself hehe

75 holy shit.

Man... You'd be in the next century before you remembered your car actually ran on fuel.

Don't they usually cost a lot more than a gasoline fueled car? I can't imagine that they would be more efficient in a way that justifies the extra cost unless you do a lot of long distance travel.

As far as I know, it gets better mileage and diesel fuel doesn't fluctuate more than gasoline fueled cars. (Though, if you're buying a newer gasoline-fueled car, it's not too much of a difference because their MPG is so high. )

Also diesel cars are cheap compared to newer high MPG gas cars. My bug was dirt cheap, and it will outlast a lot of regular gas cars. 100,000 and over for a diesel engine is still brand new. It laughs at what regulars cars call 'high mileage'.


I'll get tired of this car long before it breaks down.

Yeah. Redfield is dying for one of the new diesel Jettas. lol He's made the millions of pros list to show me every time we pass the dealership.

Well if you want a reliable car I can't recommend 'em enough. We've had a few Volkswagen in this family. We've always ended up sellin' 'em long before they ever have any mechanical problems.

Well let's see here, off the top of my head:

Regular gas in my area is about 3.50 a gallon. A regular gas car only gets about 20-25 miles per gallon. Assuming I drive that car regularly I'm filling up the tank three times a week. Every time I do so costs me about 40 dollars from empty to full. That's about 120 dollars a month spent in regular gas.

Diesel in this area costs about 4.00 a gallon. This car can get 45-50 miles per gallon. Assuming I drive this car as regularly as my gas car, I'm only filling it up once a month. That's only 50-60 dollars in gas a month.

Yes, diesel costs more, but only by a few cents. We're not talking dollars worth of cents here, only about 30 more at any given time.
When I punch those numbers into a calculator they make a smiley face.

The beetle has a tiny engine and no airconditioning - so it is able to be much more efficient, if you don't load it with people and other heavy stuff.

We had a diesel jetta wagon back in 2005, and it burned a lot of smoke out the tail pipe, because the diesel sold in the USA is pure shit compared with the clean stuff in europe. It's the main reason why diesel fuel for passenger cars never caught on over here - dirty rear bumpers and clouds of soot from the rear.

Diesel of similar power engine (torque) versus gas will usually get 20-50% more efficiency in fuel usage per mile. And the engines tend to go longer before overhaul, so there is usually a savings there too. They are noisy, though, compared with gas engines - and more rumbly too.

The statistic for european car ownership - overall for the euro zone - 50% of passenger cars are diesel, and 80% of them are also manual transmission. USA: about 10% manual transmission, and 10% diesel (or less). We're trained NOT to use the sensible cars, so we buy more fuel. Weird, huh?

Whatchu talkin' 'bout Lagarto? My bug's got AC. Heck Sheela didn't have AC and she was a gas powered car. And the LX of her model. I mean she DID have AC but god help any poor bastard dumb enough to attempt replacing the part not to mention the fact it would cost you your first born to buy it. Parts for that car where not cheap. Or simple to replace. I guess that's why we never fixed the stuff that was wrong with her.

In fact let me go down the list of things this car's got that Sheela didn't; A working radio. Working AC. Working heat. Butt warmers. A dashboard that actually lights up. All it's tire's lug-nuts. Easy to work on engine. Easy to replace brakes. Easy to change oil.

Really about the only thing this beast don't do that Sheela did is not not asphyxiating it's occupants at stop-lights from the burning oil fumes. Honestly this car is just an improvident.

Also the bug can haul just as nice my old car. Not... that I really do much hauling... Either way I've had him packed with people and noticed no performance issues. It's a turbo diesel so it's got more ummf. Also it's a stick. And I like the rumble. It's almost funny that such a big sound can come out such a small car. It's comforting.


Also Americans are a dumb lot, you know this.

My regular gas car gets at least 34mpg and at most it was up to 45mpg. I only have to put 9 gallons in at a time, so it doesn't cost too much to fill up. It only cost me about 15K, I'm not sure if you can get a diesel version.

I live in the boonies, I can't afford to just put five here and three there and ten wherever in my tank at the plethora of gas-stations we don't have in town. (We have two. They're both ridiculously over priced) When I have to bother to haul my ass to the cheaper gas station which is two towns over I'm fillin' that fucker up.


Diesel is closely priced enough to gas for it to not be an issue. And the car is reliable. And it's a stick.



Never got to worry about anyone stealing it. No one knows how to drive a stick anymore.

Yeah, the requirements I had for my current car were it had to be fuel efficient, cheap, and manual. I hate automatics. :Þ

You can also run biodiesel in any normal diesel engine, so when the time comes and that's available, you're already prepared.

Really? I though you had to mod the engine to take bio fuels?

Not unless it's been modded away from a normal diesel in the first place! The original diesel engine, built by Rudolf Diesel, ran on peanut oil. :>

You could have driven out to Michigan and picked me up. GOD DAMN YOU!

I TOLD YOU I WOULD BUT YOU SAID NO FUCK YOU AURRGGGFHDFLKGHOLJHDSG?LJNEDHT