[stingray64]

I'm thinking of getting a used Voltswagen Turbo diesel. Does anyone know if there is any problems with emmisions to use it here in NY? Also does the low sulfur diesel they sell at the station nowadays cause any trouble with older diesels? thanks

 

[CHEVY1]

I would say

If it was previously a N.Y.S. registered car you have no problems with avail. fuel and or passing emissions. Diesel's only get safety inspections . And there are thousands of diesel mercedes on the roads so if you want it buy it.

 

[stingray64]

thanks for the reply

 

[SORTIE]

how old is the VW?

my dad owns two diesel VWs: Jetta sedan with manual tranny (gets more than 45 mpg on highway) and a Passat wagon with auto tranny ( > 40 on highway). He's had no trouble with his.

ULSD fuel is fine even for older diesels (like mine, 1985 MB 300 TDT wagon)

 

[stingray64]

Sortie, I was looking at 2000,2001 models but have not found many for sale in NY. Saw a few for sale in virginia and penn. on e-bay. Just wondering if out of state vechiles would be ok here.

 

[Striper77]

New York stopped sale of them new for emissions reasons, but you should not have a problem registering it so long as it has over 7000 miles on it.
BTW diesels, and turbo diesels may be the most practical way to high fuel economy if they can get around the emissions thing and I think they will very soon. In Europe the small turbo diesels are all over the place.

 

[STRIKERTHREE]

Striper77 wrote:
New York stopped sale of them new for emissions reasons, but you should not have a problem registering it so long as it has over 7000 miles on it.
BTW diesels, and turbo diesels may be the most practical way to high fuel economy if they can get around the emissions thing and I think they will very soon. In Europe the small turbo diesels are all over the place.



Volkswagons has a new diesel out and will meet NYS emissions its a brand new design

 

[stingray64]

thanks everyone for your input.

 

[jpd]

That's being pretty shifty....

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California officials say some 482,000 Volkswagen and Audi diesels were engineered to falsify their emissions for federal tests-a violation that opens the German automaker to a theoretical fine totaling $18 billion.

The EPA and California Air Resources Board say the affected models had software in its computer engine controls that could sense exactly when it was being tested for emissions quality. At all other times, it would run the diesels in a different mode with illegal levels of pollution; for example, spewing up to 40 times more nitrogen oxide, a key component of smog, than allowed.

Volkswagen Accused Of Hacking 482,000 Diesels To Fake U.S. Emissions Tests

 

[yunvfrank]

Wow that's just absurd

 

[cellfish22]

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[Avenger]

ULSD should not affect a 2000 vehicle. However, you will want to use a quality additive to compensate for poor lubricity of these fuels. That applies to all diesels, not just your TDI. You will need to pass OBDII emissions, which means they will plug into the diagnostic connector during an inspection. If you don't have a check engine light on you should pass. As stated earlier after a certain number of miles NY considers the car to be used and you can register it whether it qualified for NY emissions when it was new or not.

Good luck with the car, I think you're going to like it. My '98 TDI gets 53 MPG on the highway. Local it gets a measly 42. Although I wouldn't expect that from a newer one.

 

[wader]

I have a 6-speed 2012 TDI (Jetta) - averages around 53 HWY/City - pushes 60 MPG on long highway trips & actually broke the 60 MPG once on a NY to Florida trip - hit 62 MPG

Love the car.............................

pretty fast too

 

[jpd]

VW Owners Aren't Going to Like the Fixes for Their Diesels

 

[edvac]

Nope

 

[Captphil]

The CEO just resigned.

 

[edvac]

When they put the car out to get inspected they have a secret passageway in the computer to pass. Emissions I hear

 

[edvac]

What's Volkswagen do inspect their own cars

 

[edvac]

What exactly was the problem

 

[WhatKnot]

CEO stepped down; the balz of this company.