A4 TDi v 320d

[J4MES]

yeah, one old owner, dealer history.. saw it on autotrader last week and got there first! he was taking calls while i was making an offer!

[Konan555]

Bloomin 'ell, they hold on to value don't they?

[Nemeliza]

Bloomin 'ell, they hold on to value don't they?

Its something about those four rings.

[J4MES]

it's a '97 P it would seem... with four times the mileage it'd still be worth £2.5k

[Konan555]

Just have to watch low milers on occasion. Mine was an utter pain due to grandad ownership. There's quite a few bits that have suffered a genuine lack of use.

Really is quite something to hold that value. At the end of the day, you could describe it as a 10 year old, diesel family car. Guess it is them rings.

[dave87]

Congrats on your purchase

Are we gunna get some piccies of the new car?

[Rave]

Old school non-common-rail surely? I like diesels, but I wouldn'y pay £3k for old tech like that?

[Konan555]

The new one's aren't common rail either. They have a high pressure pump for each injector on the 4 pots IIRC.

[dave87]

Yup like Konan said, the new ones aren't common rail - they're PD - Pump Deuse - and have a high pressure pump for each injector

[badass]

Yup like Konan said, the new ones aren't common rail - they're PD - Pump Deuse - and have a high pressure pump for each injector

Yes and no. They no longer use PD for some reason and use plain old common rail now. I suspect ist a cost thing

/pedant
Its Pump Duse with an umlaut (2 dots) above the U

/waits for someone to correct me

[Nemeliza]

Its Pump Duse with an umlaut (2 dots) above the U

I can tell you have waited years to embark that information on someone.

[dave87]

/pedant
Its Pump Duse with an umlaut (2 dots) above the U

/waits for someone to correct me

Yea Yea, its a close english approximation (or I can't spell...)

I think they abandoned PD technology because Common Rail diesels have become much more refined/easier to produce more powerful engines in

[J4MES]

Old school non-common-rail surely? I like diesels, but I wouldn'y pay £3k for old tech like that?

Plenty would pay over £4k! Look on the 'trader... It's the same engine as was used in VAG TDis until 2002, so it can't be that bad - 55mpg, 110 bhp, 200K+ mileage potential suits me fine... and it's a Audi

and as has been said, it's common rail (which seems to be back in fashion after the PD fad)

[5lab]

they used pd to avoid paying common rail royalties iirc, but ended up giving up..

[depresion]

/pedant
Its Pump Duse with an umlaut (2 dots) above the U

/waits for someone to correct me

Pümp Duse

[frazered]

i am an audi man myself and like them very much, the diesels have some nice pull as well, I do like the new styling especially the A6