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Originally Posted by TheDon
I've read a lot about high mpg TDi's. Thanks I'll pm you if I have a question
I know about the timing belt(water pump, other timing components), but rollers? what do you mean?
I'd like a 5 speed golf TDi at least a 99-2002 (those are the good years apparently). I'll just have to learn how to drive a 5 speed better than I can now. The hard part of all of this will be selling the cabriolet and finding a golf locally
I have found a few insights
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The manual is not hard to drive, consider the fact that your gear changes are far and few between because of the torque available from very low RPM, you idle on 900 and the torque is available from 1750 RMP, the engine revs out at 4300/4450 so the best is to keep it around 2000 RPM, this is why you don't need to change gears so often. If you drive at let say 1900 RPM (just under 60MPH) and you need to overtake, just put your foot down, you will be amazed how fast the car pulls. 50 to 70 MPH is faster than Golf GTI
