I see whats going on here, you folks are JEALOUS of the TDI :). Hey, can't say as I blame you. I even find myself jonesing for the old diesel rabbit sometimes, really would like to know what it could do with p&g/etc...
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I may have the answer to that in a bit.
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SVOboy : Why the name SVO as in "straight vegetable oil " ( biodiesel ) if you own a gas car ? : )
( Not dissin' the CRX dude. Just curious ) Personally, what I want is the cleanest car that I can afford. If this meant installing a part that reduced my emissions 50% but ended up costing me more money when I fill up, I'd still do it ! I'm considering buying a TDI Golf that would run SVO. I could still get 40+ MPG and be clean at the same time ( and flip the finger to Big Oil too ). The only reason that I don't own a TDI yet is that the emissions that my current car would produce would - in the hands of its new owner ( if I trade the car in ) far outweigh what I normally produce with the car. I'd really like to see how much of a difference there would be emissions wise between a SVO TDI Golf getting 45-50 MPG on biodiesel vs. an Insight getting 60-65 MPG. Wasn't the Insight ( manual transmission ) rated as an LEV ?? ( strangely enough, the auto got worse FE, yet has a ULEV rating ) I wonder how that a biodiesel would rate - LEV,ULEV,SULEV, or better. Going off topic ( sorta ) What's up with the all new VW Rabbit ? 30 miles per gallon on the highway ....WTF !!! That just sucks !!! VeganPowa ? hell yeah !!! I've seen the " This car is a vegetarian" bumper stickers for SVO TDIs , but I'd want to modify mine to say "This car is a VEGAN " since actually the car doesn't consume dairy either. I would run soybean oil instead of that grease from places like KFC or McDonalds. |
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About a year ago I was going to buy a new car to commute a long distance. I was stunned by how badly the VWs did in the comparison. I didn't include the TDI because they weren't making them. The gassers were just abysmal. |
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Hmm... Sounds like some TDI owners is messing w/ their vehicle. AFAIK, they shouldn't produce enough NOx to burn anyone's eyes. Iirc, my bunny doesn't make enough NOx to burn eyes.
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Maybe using high-sulfur fuel...
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Could be, but that shouldn't be available any more, and definitely isn't legal.
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Also, I was not quoting my mileage when my car had an automatic transmission, but my mileage since, which has been better than yours. I am not quoting the BTU/gallon, but co2/gallon, which I consider more relevant (not that I remember where I got the figures right now). If you want to play the "I'm-better-because-I-emit-less-carbon-from-automobile-fuels" game, you can look at how much I drive and figure it out for yourself. Personally, I don't care. I feel no desire to engage in petty contests as such. The units used to measure pollutants is irrelevant here...I think we would agree 1 gram of mercury is worse than 1 kilogram of carbon dioxide. In any case, drive your tdi. I am not insulting you or diesel fuel. I would gladly drive one of the newer cars with lower emissions, but seeing as I have no room to work with WVO and don't drive nearly enough to bother, I won't be doing it. I was never arguing against BD or WVO, which I think are fine ventures and would prefer myself, just cautioning the use of diesel cars as such in general. In any situation, a one side discussion with important, unvoiced concerns is a dangerous one to have. Anyway... Nerds: It's a holdover from my first forum membership at vwvortex... |
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My point is relative toxicity. Lead is more toxic than the metals in NiMH battteries. And new-generation LiFePO4 batteries contain only Lithium, Iron and Phosphorous, all "non-toxic". |
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