I don't want the increased complexity and designed to fail dpf. I suspect that since I drive mostly highway the dpf would last longer than average but still...
My car will get better mileage once its sorted all the way, we're getting there but have a way to go yet. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"OK Don" <okd...@gmail.com> Date:Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 5:22 PM Subject:Re: [MBZ] watch out VW dizzelers 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
