How does injecting DEF in the exhaust effect mileage? The effort to do the injection? IIRC, I get the same mileage as you in the 2012 Passat.
I didn't care one way or the other about "green" - I bought it because it was the only Diesel brand I could afford. I have an irrational desire to drive behind a Diesel engine. On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I bought VW diesels because they're fun to drive an economical. I don't > think I'd buy one newer than 2005 because of the DEF/DPF (diesel exhaust > fluid/diesel particulate filter) both of which cost mileage. > I suspect but of course can't prove that all manufacturers cheat their > emissions or fuel economy or both. Ford got caught a couple years ago lying > about the C-Max mileage. If you're buying a car to be "green" you've missed > the point. The only really "green" action you can take is to kill yourself > and have your body composted... > -Curt > > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
