Curt's 190D didn't burn a lot of extra fuel either, but still provided plenty of heat. It was engineered to do so. A VW is not.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > > One of my neighbors accross the lane drives a Golf TDI. His solution was > to have seat heaters installed. He is a retired physics prof and he says > that it is understandable that the TDI does not heat well. He says we are > essentially converting one form of energy to another and that is why the > big old V8's created good heat - they were burning lots of fuel and > converting a lot of that energy to heat. The TDI is using very little fuel > and the result is poor heating capabilities. > > Randy > > > -- OK Don "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin 1775 "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
