| kypraio |
Hey what are my options if i want a diesel car/truck for a winter beater? I also want something that would be under 5 grand preferrably and that doesn't handle too badly in the snow.
What's life span usually on a diesel engine, any different than gas? Oh and if not diesel than something with good fuel economy and still good handling. The rx-7 is expensive on gas in the summer, hafta make up for it in the winter.
Thanks
-Matt |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
umm Jetta.... If you want small and diesel.. and not JDM.. it's gonna be a VW, or a new Liberty.
Or.. you can import a diesel vehicle. I'm wanting to get a Parjero, 1991 is when they went more luxury. I might settle for a late 90. 2.5L Turbo intercooled diesel SUV, the 2drs have a wheel base just as long, but wider than a Suzuki swift.. ever seen a Dodge raider.,. one of those.
Or Toyota, or even Izusu. If going JDM, most things or rather most non-performance cars you can get in diesel..
If you can get one a awd cultas, once again JDM, but awd 1.3L DOHC bout 130hp, pretty peppy and good on gas, witht he awd, would be very good in winter.. I had the 2wd equivelent, never had a prob, even with pretty much bald tires.
Umm with diesels if you treat them right, 300k+ km easy. I have a 83 D50 that I blew the head gasket and cracked the head, it's a turbo diesel... has 290,000km on it and it blew cause I was playing with the boost and it doesn't have a wastegate... so 24psi on an engine thats 22yrs old and with the previous owner never saw more than 15psi... I'd fix it, but the frame is a little rusty so it's not worth it. |
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| kypraio |
Don't want a rhd car, thanks for the reply though. I've been looking at the VW's but how good are they in the snow? I found a super cheap Subaru Justy for like 800 bucks, maybe i'll go with something like that. Open to more opinions!
-Matt |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
Ya small subi's should be good in the snow.. and good on gas
Umm 87-89 Ford made a ranger with a 4D55T Mitsu diesel engine, same engine as my truck, I'm pretty sure they had a wastegate on them. When they where used in Mitsu and Dodge 94+ had wastegates. I saw one of the fords, yes 4x4 for sale not too long ago in the trader. They get 25-35mpg dpending on condition, mine had over sided tires, manual front hubs, canopy, and I got 24mpg in 4hi with no load then with a light load and 2hi, front hubs unlocked, I got 26-28mpg, but mine needed tuning and had been parked for a couple years.
Mine had CT winter tires on it and in 2hi i booted through the ditch and 18" of snow no prob, on a icy highway it got a little loose on the curves.. but I didn't slide too much, once again in 2hi front hubs not locked and doing 110km/h |
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| CryoSlash |
VW's In snow are the funnest ever. THey get good traction as long as you have winter tires. I remember one year my dad didnt put winters on them and it ended up losing a bumper :p
Needless to say he got some winters on them the next dad :D |
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| Transporter |
if subaru justy are good enought rally in mud rain and snow i think your winter driving will be just ffine
i have jetta you saw it well it has good mileage oh i mean really good mileage and now it kicks little more ass with a turbo on it |
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| kypraio |
awesome thanks for the help! now to just sell my other car :D
-Matt |
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| turbo_dave |
I'm in the same boat you are... fuck you 15mpg jeep. Im actually looking for an mk3 tdi golf to use as a daily driver/road trip mobile.
FWD cars and heck even RWD cars are pretty good in the winter IF you get winter tires. I've heard saabs and volvos are especially good. Regarding fuel economy any econo box will offer you great economy be it domestic or import. |
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