Whatever is was made of, it did do its job of tarnishing the reputation of diesel engines to a very great extent....Originally Posted by nota
Whatever is was made of, it did do its job of tarnishing the reputation of diesel engines to a very great extent....Originally Posted by nota
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Anyway diesels with aluminium block can be built, as long as they are properly engineered. So even it had been aluminium the problem wouldn't have been lying there.Originally Posted by nota
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here is an alloy one...
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
I don't see a diesel engine, all I see is a giant turbo that I want to touch...
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Patrick says:
dads is too long so it wont fit
so i took hers out
and put mine in
post was not meant for the myopic
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
Are you saying I'm intolerant?
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The things we do for girls who won't sleep with us.
Patrick says:
dads is too long so it wont fit
so i took hers out
and put mine in
You consume less diesel than you would do petrol so you spend less money on fuel, despite the higher cost per unit volume.Originally Posted by Gtek-i
"Ineffective", is the word you are looking for.Originally Posted by Mr.Tiv
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No, it wasn't. Effective is quite a bit different from cost-effective.Originally Posted by Coventrysucks
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that also depends on where you are at. i grew up in Souther California and one of the largest wind farms in the world was just a few miles from my house. there they could manufacture enough energy that they can replace the windmills with more and more efficient mills every 3-5 years. they are now powering like 6 times what they were 10 years ago.Originally Posted by Mr.Tiv
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Audi V12 TDi produces like 730+ lb-ft of torqueOriginally Posted by Juggs
another the E320 Bluetec has close to 400 with the BMW 3.5 liter turbo 6 diesel pumping 412 or something (the list goes on). Way more torque then their gas 8-cylinder counterparts.
Too late!! Audi supposedly is planning a diesel V12 R8.Originally Posted by Ferrer
I don't buy these arguments. Basically the claim is we got a bunch of crappy diesel cars almost 30 years ago so we won't buy them now. No. A huge segment of the driving population wasn't driving (or even born) then.Originally Posted by Prius
Again, here is my view:
Basically in my view it's a cost thing. The savings in mileage don't ofset the purchase price. I haven't seen anyone dispute that claim.Originally Posted by culver
Costs are blurred by taxation, so it is a price thing....I pay about 40$cents less per liter, but I pay about 450US$ per quarter as road tax (more than twice of a petrol engined similar car) There are also additional purchase taxes for diesel engined car. (and yet I drive one, because I love the easy way in which it develops performance)Originally Posted by culver
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
True, I should have also added my other point, it used to be the only compelling argument for a diesel was mileage. They were smelly, noisy etc. Well now they aren’t smelly, noisy etc but they also aren’t really any better than some of the large displacement gas motors we can get in the US (except for the mileage advantage). So in the US the only thing they really offer is better mileage for a higher up front cost (they also seem to be heavier than an equivalent gas motor). Again, not a very compelling case in the US.
Let's see what happens now that Mercedes is going to offer its GL-SUV with a V8 diesel, with only 290 BHP but 700 Nm or torque (515 lbft?) this year in the USA.Originally Posted by culver
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