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Originally Posted by guudasitgets
Really? well right now at 9:40 am in Nashotah Wisconsin its 12 below zero F(-12F=-23C) In Quebec City it's 3 degrees above zero F.
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What point are you trying to make? Average winter temperatures here are 10 F colder than where you live.
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My nieghbors brand new diesel jetta WILL NOT START! What a surprize.
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She needs to bring her car to the dealer, there's something wrong with it.
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With the mandantory plugging in in the winter
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That's just false. How many diesels have you owned? I've had 4 VW diesels, a 1.6 NA, a 1.9 TD, and 2 1.9 TDI. Never had problems with winter starting unplugged. My cars were always in a proper state of tune with a good battery and starter.
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additives in the fuel larger batteries
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Since when is that a problem?
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increased cost of the vehicles
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Which you get back in resale value.
You a right for now, that's not always been he case and there's nothing telling it'll always be that way. Have a look at historical national averages for RUG and ULSD.
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or are you saying it is just as easy to start a diesel engine compared to a gas engine with niether of them plugged in and both of them with the same exact blends of fuel they use in the summer at 30 below zero F?
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Why on earth would you run summer diesel in the dead cold of the winter? That's just plain stupid, no one does that. Apart from that, yes it's just as easy.