[cb391]

We don't get much of a selection of diesel powered cars here and I was wondering how having the Eos with TDI is especially when driving with the top down. Are there any diesel smells? Is the diesel that is being installed for non US models Blu tech or not? Are the normal required maintenances the same as gas or petrol engines?

 

[lanmarc]

Andy,

I have yet to smell any diesel exhaust from mine while driving with the top down.
In Australia the only diesel engine available (on the EOS) is the 2 litre.
I think the 1.9 is an option in other markets, but neither is Bluetec.
Haven't heard of any plans for the 2 litre Bluetec in the EOS, but I assume it will happen sometime. Performance on the current engine and the Bluetec version seem identical, the only difference is that the Bluetec is common rail and cleaner.
Service intervals are 12 months/15,000km.

 

[bneeos]

I have a TDI with DSG and the only time you know its a diesel is on start up for a few seconds. When warm it is a little noiser than a petrol. Top down, no smell at all or engine noise (as all the other sounds are much louder). The current generation of euro diesels are all great, no smell or black smoke when fitted with a particle filter. Perfect cruiser (read poser).

 

[eos3]

Hi
A bit of diesel-specific noise at startup indeed. Otherwise, the 2.0 TDI is cleaner than most other EOS gasoline-powered engines (particle filter...), and very convenient to drive, given higher torque (is this how it's called in English? (Nm value)) and continued thrust when driving up hill, vs similar size gasoline engine. I can even testify that, unlike what my dealer had told me on the day of delivery, driving top down in a covered-parking does not hurt the ears! As said by bneos, other noises around are far louder than then engine from within the car!
Fred

 

[versaceto]

I am not very keen on convertible diesel car.

 

[Stephb]

Ive not smelt diesel from my car yet. There is nothing wrong with a diesel convertible, i know that petrol is cheap in bulgaria so i guess thats why you opted for petrol.

Steph

 

[neh321]

I am not very keen on convertible diesel car.

Personally I also prefer petrol engines but it is a fact that diesels have improved immeasurably in the last few years and most people would be very hard pushed to tell the difference from either inside or out. Your wallet would know all about it though if you had a diesel because of the extra mpg!

The only reason I prefer petrol is that I like using the gearbox and the revs; diesels produce just as much (or more) usable power but it tends to be all about torque in the mid-range and swapping cogs is all a bit of a waste of time. Perhaps if I ever succumbed to a diesel I'd never look back.

 

[ManiacRaceDude]

Well, I have to admit that I have NEVER wanted a diseasal. I've had fairly large petrol engines in my cars for years (2.5 V6,4.0 straight six and most recently a 4.6 V8). I was adamanat I'd never have one. We now have two. A Kia Sorento for load-lugging and towing, and the Eos. Yes, the car is much slower, but on the other hand I'm doing 50 mpg now where I was doing 15 in the last car. The difference in my pocket each month pays for the new car!

PS, the Eos doesn't smell of diesel either, even on a cold morning (Unlike the Kia!)

 

[cb391]

I posed this question as a bit of curiosity. We have very few diesel cars, let alone diesel convertibles. The diesel has never been well received here except for use in trains and trucks and heavy construction equipment. They have always been negatively viewed because of the smoke and smell they put in the air and the maintenances they required. VW and MB are trying to reintroduce diesels to the masses here with their BlueTec diesels. Until the last few years we did not have the low sulfer fuels here and the improved emission sytems. The price of diesel fuel runs about 60 cents a gallon higher than regular gas. So some are looking at the new diesels to come as the next best thing in the auto world especially if their emissions numbers are low enough.

 

[bneeos]

Diesel ricing is higher than petrol in Oz. It is a rip off as diesel requires less processing therefore the fuel companies make better margin on diesel. My other vehicle is LR Discovery3 with TDV6 and it is just the same as the Eos, no smell or fumes. It is even quieter than the Eos.

 

[BobP]

It used to be cheaper in the UK too - until extra tax was added because of its particulate emissions. These days, the low CO2 rated cars are all diesels so the Chancellor is getting more back in diesel fuel tax than losing by reduced Vehicle Excise Duty

 

[versaceto]

Ive not smelt diesel from my car yet. There is nothing wrong with a diesel convertible, i know that petrol is cheap in bulgaria so i guess thats why you opted for petrol.

Steph

The funniest thing is that in Bulgaria, diesel is the most expensive.I am using the 100H petrol and the price is 1.15Euros/l
Diesel is 1.17Euros/l.
Well,check these prices and thing again if they are cheap

p.s Diesel eos is more economical than the petrol eos.
Then why should I be purchasing petrol eos if I cannot afford it