My guess is your experience with diesels is very limited. You should get out
and about a little more. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Simon Worby
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:48 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears
R.Jackson wrote:
> My little TDi Beetle is a gem. It feels like it's a lot
> more powerful than it is (probably because of all the torque)
> and it gets about 50 mpg on the highway in normal driving.
> There's a place here in Santa Rosa that has biodiesel, but
> I haven't tried it. I should probably give it a shot.
Diesels are great if you don't want to / can't afford a petrol car ...
and you can live with them sounding like a tractor, running out of puff
at 4,000 rpm, stinking, smelling when you fill them up, and generally
being horrible to drive.
But I've yet to meet anyone who, when pressed, hasn't said they would
rather have a petrol car, but can live with the diesel disadvantages
because of the reduced cost. Which is fine.
Simon
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