Forum: General Fuel Topics
04-14-2014, 08:38 AM
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
04-02-2014, 10:43 AM
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
04-02-2014, 06:18 AM
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On paper in technical terms a turbo might...
On paper in technical terms a turbo might "reduce" efficientcy perhaps, but in reality they help reduce fuel consumption. I've found with the 2 turbocharged cars i've owned, one diesel, one petrol,...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
04-01-2014, 11:06 PM
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Yea again, your views seem to be very old...
Yea again, your views seem to be very old fashioned, modern glow plugs don't need time to heat up anymore, they start instantly like a petrol motor does. And you say about non-turbocharged diesels?...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
04-01-2014, 12:37 PM
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So if you know how a diesel engine works, and...
So if you know how a diesel engine works, and have read and seen the benefits, be it performance, economy, emissions etc etc, then why all the diesel bashing and negativity towards them? Americans...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-31-2014, 10:57 PM
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-30-2014, 11:02 PM
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-30-2014, 08:24 AM
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You cant base your theories and opinions about...
You cant base your theories and opinions about European diesels on one 30 year old RV you drove decades ago. As mentioned, the US is decades behind with it's car industry, mainly because fuel has...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-30-2014, 05:31 AM
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-30-2014, 01:20 AM
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It's the opposite here, take a peek on the UK...
It's the opposite here, take a peek on the UK Autotrader, and of the 400,000 cars currently for sale, 300,000 are diesel which is 75%
Generaly most cars with a 1.6 litre engine or above are...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-29-2014, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 73
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Well they say the US is about ten years behind...
Well they say the US is about ten years behind the rest of the World, so take a look at whats for sale here, and maybe when fuel does reach $10 a gallon, more Geo like cars will be in high demmand....
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-28-2014, 10:49 AM
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-27-2014, 11:59 PM
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There's not really a huge demand in the US for...
There's not really a huge demand in the US for these small cars anymore. By the looks of things, of the very few environmentally conscious Americans that do exist, they tend to opt for Hybrids. Fuel...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-26-2014, 10:57 AM
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They are the official figures which admitadley...
They are the official figures which admitadley afe quite hard to acheive. It depends on where you live, how you drive and what kind of driving you do. Im lucky, I do get pretty close, somtimes...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-25-2014, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 73
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Well that makes sense, it's only a good thing...
Well that makes sense, it's only a good thing that cars are becoming more and more economical and thus reducing emissions in the process. The fuel in the US is of a poor refinement level than the...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-25-2014, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 73
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Yea pretty sure you only get the basic 2.0 tdi,...
Yea pretty sure you only get the basic 2.0 tdi, the one that does 94 MPG is a 1.6 TDI with 105 bhp and lots of clever mapping to get the MPG so high! Yea I think Americans are quite old fashioned in...
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Forum: General Fuel Topics
03-25-2014, 07:30 AM
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50 MPG? Thats pretty poor by todays standards,...
50 MPG? Thats pretty poor by todays standards, google "top 10 most economical cars in the UK" and you'll realise that 50 MPG is almost half of what todays European efficeint technology offers. Even...
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