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I like your miles driven charts, I may have to put together some reporting for that myself. I'm also considering (since I've been tracking the computer's average speed each tank) tracking correlation between average speed and calculated consumption, to see if there's any interesting visualization there or not.
Very nice! What diesel cars have you had since 2004?
Yeah, it's fun to find new things/ways to graph with the data we've already collected
That's my wife's 2004 Golf; we're now an all-TDI family.
Nice, I almost bought a Golf TDI around that time too. I was driving 140 miles/day rountrip to work in my B5 S4 (2.7T) and decided I wanted something more economical. I priced out a new one and the end result of costs and lower power overall didn't balance out well. The used ones were still holding their value, so I ditched the idea. In 2005, I started looking again with a slight twist, and found the perfect car for my needs. For 1.5 years around 2001 VW made the 4-dr Golf with a 1.8T engine (otherwise reserved for the 2-dr GTIs). I picked up a 2001.5 with 133k miles for $6500 and it already had GTI seats, upgraded stereo, suspension, bbs wheels, and a thule roof rack. I ditched the powered infiniti sub box and swapped the BBS wheels for some OEM GTI wheels and proceeded to make it an OEM sleeper. Picked up a GT28R turbo for $100 bucks from a friend upgrading and pieced together an APR Stg3 kit, larger side mount intercooler, full exhaust with turn down tips, etc. Now I had something that was still a blast to drive on the highway, but economical overall. After I moved in 2008, I didn't need it as much and then picked up a newer A3 to replace it.
Nice, I almost bought a Golf TDI around that time too. I was driving 140 miles/day rountrip to work in my B5 S4 (2.7T) and decided I wanted something more economical. I priced out a new one and the end result of costs and lower power overall didn't balance out well. The used ones were still holding their value, so I ditched the idea. In 2005, I started looking again with a slight twist, and found the perfect car for my needs. For 1.5 years around 2001 VW made the 4-dr Golf with a 1.8T engine (otherwise reserved for the 2-dr GTIs). I picked up a 2001.5 with 133k miles for $6500 and it already had GTI seats, upgraded stereo, suspension, bbs wheels, and a thule roof rack. I ditched the powered infiniti sub box and swapped the BBS wheels for some OEM GTI wheels and proceeded to make it an OEM sleeper. Picked up a GT28R turbo for $100 bucks from a friend upgrading and pieced together an APR Stg3 kit, larger side mount intercooler, full exhaust with turn down tips, etc. Now I had something that was still a blast to drive on the highway, but economical overall. After I moved in 2008, I didn't need it as much and then picked up a newer A3 to replace it.
Cool! I had a 1.8T B5.5 Passat for 8 years and remember the things that people were doing with those (then there was the maniac who actually put a 2.7TT in there). I can only imagine how the lighter Golf must've taken the mods... custom "R18". The Mk4 was a pretty decent Golf, and still holds up pretty well today IMO. At least, holds up as well as it ever did! (*rimshot*)
07-08-2014, 09:58 AM
The Mk4 was a pretty decent Golf, and still holds up pretty well today IMO. At least, holds up as well as it ever did! (*rimshot*)
