dirtyrascal7-- I live in Southern California, and don't need to worry about cold starting. I'm pretty sure whatever it was, it wasn't synthetic.
Vaultboy-- At least in America, that's the opposite of the case. Tdi's properly maintained are suggested with a 10000 mile (16,000km) interval for service, vs. 3-5000 mile (5-8000km) with petrol. And compared to the honda's I've ridden in, my TDI is downright quiet. It still takes about 80,000 miles to make up the price difference, unless your insurance company goes by horsepower (like mine) then I get a couple hundred dollar discount per year since it's listed as 90bhp.
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