Diesel car despite mileage under 10,000 km per year?
Hello dear car specialists 🙂
Here's the thing: I've found that a turbodiesel engine is significantly more appealing to me in terms of acceleration and driving pleasure than a turbo gasoline engine with the same horsepower. Since I plan to buy a "new" used car in a year, I'm considering buying the aforementioned turbodiesel (Golf Mk5 2.0 TDI 140 hp). It should have a maximum of 150,000 km on the odometer.
The only problem: I don't drive more than 10,000 km a year, and I often make short trips of less than 20 km. As a result, I'm worried that the exhaust system will become clogged with soot and that the engine won't warm up properly if I make too many short trips. Should I expect engine or turbo damage?
My question now is whether it makes sense to get a turbo diesel under these circumstances, or whether I still don't have to give up on my dream car if I take a few things into account.
Could you perhaps tell me about your experiences?
Thank you !!!
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if you have more value on driving fun and "booms" while accelerating than on economically sensitive use, then you have to "burn free" with autobahn full-gas at long distances.
If the 2nd lambda sensor detects that the cat is slowly increasing as a result of too much soot through short-range operation, it will not damage or will be reported.
for this service you also pay in total with vehicle tax and total-used significantly more than for a comparable petrol, but you want it.
I would also consider the currently running discussion, as the "golden times" for the same cars are probably over in a short time and they may be because of the high nitrogen oxide pollution of the environment, it is considerably more expensive to maintain and possibly even to ban driving.