Thread: 300tdi vs td5

Originally Posted by Ralph1Malph

Happy New Year McRover and All.
Mac, you are correct but IMHO, not for the reasons most people think.
Electronics are harder for the average mechanic to work on, because they are not trained or skilled enough. They are mechanics, not Electronics Technicians or Auto Electricians.
It is this that often makes repairs more expensive, the lost and wasted time diagnosing correctly.

Caveat: The above does not imply that mechanics are simpletons, just that they are good at what they know, not what they don't know.

It is true, I am biased, but I choose stuff with electrikery every time. In perspective, electronics as a field of endeavour is only about 30 years old, (think how good cars were 30 yrs after invention). Give it another 30 or 40 and most everything we do will be not only controlled by electronics but be electronic.
I certainly believe that adding a healthy dose of ergs to anything makes it better and more reliable.

Again,
Happy new year to all

Ralph

Just 1 more quick point, with electronics, you need electricity, which means that you are relying on your alternator first of all over everything else, if you lost that and battery voltage then your stuffed for something that simple.

If the same happened to a 300tdi, if manual you roll start it no worries, auto would still need a jump but you wouldnt have to worry about driving from 1 side of the country to the other as long as you had the fuel.

You would have to pop the bonnet to shut it down but thats all

Originally Posted by mcrover

I just dont believe them and as was said about one of my posts the other day that there is a lot of BS on the forum about this sort of thing.

MCROVER, its a public forum. there are always opinions and whether you believe them or not I nor probable no-one else cares!

Let him state his calculations, good for him if he is getting those figures. You don't know the condition of his car, the driving style or what fuel he uses.

no need to reply in such an accusing way towards him inferring he is lying. Reply once, and let it go.

you are tiresome, another day another mcrover argument

Originally Posted by mns488

MCROVER, its a public forum. there are always opinions and whether you believe them or not I nor probable no-one else cares!

Let him state his calculations, good for him if he is getting those figures. You don't know the condition of his car, the driving style or what fuel he uses.

no need to reply in such an accusing way towards him inferring he is lying. Reply once, and let it go.

you are tiresome, another day another mcrover argument

Thanks Matt, good to see your still there to stick the boot in

Originally Posted by mcrover

Thanks Matt, good to see your still there to stick the boot in

someones got to keep you in line


ok, so thats not actually my job

Originally Posted by mns488

someones got to keep you in line


ok, so thats not actually my job

So now your a Moderator as well

Thats right your not

So what do you think about what the thread is about Matt?

TD5 or 300TDI and what do you get out of yours,?

Originally Posted by mcrover

So now your a Moderator as well

Thats right your not

So what do you think about what the thread is about Matt?

TD5 or 300TDI and what do you get out of yours,?

you don't need to be a moderator to get tired of some of your'e posts.

i was interested in the thread, but my car - no idea. to hard to judge in city traffic! i pay - it moves.

Originally Posted by mns488

you don't need to be a moderator to get tired of some of your'e posts.

i was interested in the thread, but my car - no idea. to hard to judge in city traffic! i pay - it moves.

I believe the threads about TD5 vs TDI not if MNS likes what Mcrover posts, maybe you could start that thread up elsewhere Matt

Originally Posted by Taz

And if you dont believe a Tdi D1 can get into the 7's (lt/100km), then your really going to have a lot of trouble believing the Landrover owner manual which states fuel consumption to be 6.6lt/100 for a manual D1 doing a steady 90km/hr.

I only ever got 7 l/100 km out of my Honda CBR1000F motor bike

(in a mix of city /freeway driving to/from work)