keep the diesel or ed30 it!

[phal]

This might be a bit of a long winded couple of questions but bear with me

Spent weeks trying to decide, petrol or diesel. I ended up with a mk5 pd170 and although im happy with it part of me wishes id have gone for the more powerful option of an ed30 etc

I've been doing some number crunching and going off what iv read on real life mpg 28mpg and 43mpg on both mine and an ed30 both running off v power it works out £1300  difference over a year for me (15,000 miles), insurance not much difference at all and tax is only about £65 - when you break it down for fuel its around 110 quid a month difference, easilly doable... about what i save from quitting smoking earlier this year!


Seems that vw shows do bad things to you! seeing all those shiney r32s/gtis/ed30s at inters on the weekend made me really question my decison...

Obviously at the end of the day i'm the only one that can make the decision and either way both would get remapped/dpf deleted but

1, Do you think its worth paying the premium on an ed30 over the tdi
2, ed30 owners, how do you find mpg for every day driving, giving it a blast and also on the motorway
3, tdi owners, do you think a map and dpf delete wound make much of a difference for me to think 'yee-haa, right decision on the derv' 

thanks for reading and all comments appreciated

[Andy]

if you can afford it then do it

[MC71]

Buy an Eddy and stop dithering!

[Mikey-D]

Edition 30. No brainier.

[skard]

I went from a remapped PD140 to a remapped ED30, I would do it again even if I did your mileage.

[Tortaruga]

The tone of your post implies that you've made your decision already.

Make sure you post some photos after you've picked it up. 

[GTI-Pirelli]

Go for the Eddy.

RE MPG: I find with my Pirelli (pretty much same engine) I can easily get mid 30's+ on a half decent motorway run.
On a blast, low to mid 20's. Depends on the road an how hard I'm pushing. Bear in mind that on a blast on country lanes the GTI will take most corners effortlessly at 60mph so no need to keep accelerating hard so the mpg stays up.
Town/City is the killer. My other half has used my car to drive to work (across Birmingham center) and returned it with an average of 17mpg once! Stop-start with no heavy-footed-ness.

BTW; I used to do 80 miles per day as a commute. Never once thought of buying the devils juice variety. 

TDI = 
Eddy = 

[phal]

Go for the Eddy.

TDI = 
Eddy = 

this made me laugh a lot aha!

The tone of your post implies that you've made your decision already.

Make sure you post some photos after you've picked it up. 

Sounds like i have tbh, just wanted to know wether it is worth paying the premium over the derv - i just dont want to turn round in 6 months and wonder why i threw away good mpg

[Tortaruga]

- i just dont want to turn round in 6 months and wonder why i threw away good mpg

This won't happen.

Think of it as akin to dumping your homely, slightly chubby girlfriend and shacking up with some fit bouncing flouncing tramp type. She'll be high maintenance but you won't care due to the extreme pleasure obtained when you're giving her the beans.

[Markyed30]

Iv got a stage 1 ed 30 and sitting at 65 to work and using cruise averaging 40 mph over 50 miles there and back and using accelerator easy when building up speed ect, But the power over comes and usually bored on day 2 and floor it and get low 20 mpg lol but if ur sensible it's a really economical car IMHO a lot better on fuel than my old Clio 197.

[alackofspeed]

Just to bait... my GTI mpg-2 reading is on 35.3 average for the past 1200 miles.  Changes your delta for the better.....

[phal]

looks like mine could be up for sale in the next few days then 

atleast i'd be keeping up the golf tradition - so far owned a mk3,  2 mk4s and my current mk5 

[GTI-Pirelli]

Just to bait... my GTI mpg-2 reading is on 35.3 average for the past 1200 miles.  Changes your delta for the better.....

Just wrong. You do know what the pedal on the right is for? It goes all the way to the floor you know? 

looks like mine could be up for sale in the next few days then 

atleast i'd be keeping up the golf tradition - so far owned a mk3,  2 mk4s and my current mk5 

That makes me feel a little better about my car history:

2x Mk2's, 1x MK3 & 2x MK5's  and nothing else

[Polo6n1600i]

The ultimate question.

Some prefer diesel - others petrol. I like the torque of a diesel, mpg is good. And my jetta was like £5750. I'd be tempted by a 2.0t jetta. But couldn't find one when I needed one

[GrayMK5GTI]

IMHO when on a long motorway commute (cruising) you wont notice what engine is under the bonnet except when you look at your MPG display.  

If your going to get the benefit of the Ed30 then its worthwhile (bear in mind it will lose a lot of value doing 15k miles a year). Are you going to be using the power regularly on your commute?? if so your wallet will suffer, if not, is it worth having?

There is always the middle ground of a K03 GTI - slightly better MPG than the ed30, easier to find one for sale, and can be colour coded for a few hundered £'s.

If you keep the diesel the DPF delete is a must on the PD170.

I've had loads of turbo petrols and diesels and tbh a diesel is easier to drive with the low down torque so is more suitable for long drives.

If you have an ed30 for high miles then it will no doubt get covered in stone chips, scratches etc - It was the colour and paintwork that drew you to these in the first place??

You would be forever worrying about parking it somewhere too