04-02-2016, 08:09 AM
I have only recently joined this forum and while exploring came accross this thread. I have owned deisel cars for almost 30 years, long before they were as common as they are now. In the early days I often had garage staff running out to warn me I was putting deisel in my car. I have qualified as an advanced driver and drive my car at moderate speed, in fact I am a rather slow driver and drive with economy in mind. No harsh braking or acceleration. I drive my car in a manner that you should and would expect to get somewhere near the manufacturers fuel consumption figures. My last 5 cars have been VW's all deisel. The current one as the previous one is a blue motion polo. I have had this one now from new just over a year it fuel consumption has been very disappointing. I am well off the published mpg. I actually took it back to the dealer to check it because the fuel economy was so poor and no where near the car it replaced which was essentially the same but earlier model blue motion polo. This was prior to when the emmisions scandal hit. I was told it was running perfectly and would improve with use. It did but not by much. I will not buy another deisel nor another VW and have written to them telling them how disappointed I am. Their response has been silence. I don't beleive that VW are the only manufacturer to 'massage' their figures. If you bought a radio that stated it covered 5 to 50 MHz and it didn't you'd be rightly miffed so why should we accept these wildly optimistic vehicle performance figures. The whole thing is a sham.
