Originally posted by henk4
Just wanted to ask: What is the most modern diesel you driven or have been driven in? The elegance of the diesel engine is that they don't need to run to 6000 revs to get the best out of it. The experience is that out of nowhere you instantly develop tons of torque, without having to wake up your neigbour due to overevving your engine. Furthermore I have to explicitly tell my first time passengers that they are in a diesel car, and they normally have difficulties in believing that.
Old ones. I have just returned from the middle of the outback where we were taking turns climbing a big sand dune in our 4x4s. The petrol engines had to rev to keep up momentum to get over. The turbo diesel 80 series Landcruiser climbed at lower revs and with less momentum. Your right about less revs for more torque. Great in 4x4s, great for getting from a-b in passenger vehicles. Cant imagine getting the same thrill from flogging one every now and then like I get from my 350 V8 Commodore. All of your comments are logical and make sense. Sometimes good fun is not about good sense.
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Egg Nogg 02-04-2005, 05:07 AM