[Land-speed] fuel and such

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Lets just say we got these great diesels, the fuel then would cost $10 per gallon! War making is just to expensive! jack
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From: Bryan Savage <b.a.savage at wildblue.net>
> GM sold us not "POS" diesels, they were IMITATION  diesels.
> 
> The "on the take legislators" have really screwed us by not mandating ULSD
> 10 years ago. They say they were trying to make diesel truck owners happy.
> We need to introduce a new principal into American politics,  Leadership!
>  
> GM England has a small two door sports coupe that has a 1.9L TDI engine.
> at 70, on the A-4 with a passenger, AC on  it gets 51 MPG. Top speed is 
> governed
> at 135 MPH because of the tires. This kind of diesel performance has 
> been available
> in Europe for the last 10+ years. Why haven't we seen them? They can 
> ONLY run
> on ULSD which we didn't get until January 2007, I think. Sulfur destroys 
> the sensors
> in the exhaust. Modern diesel performance will blow most people away. 
> It's amazing,
> I used to hate diesels because they started hard, were very noisy, 
> vibrated at normal
> speeds and produced a lot of torque but no horsepower. They couldn't 
> produce HP
> because the couldn't rev fast enough. Check the power curves on a modern 
> diesel.
> You'll be surprised.
> 
> Bryan
> 
> 
> A lot of the tech. for these modern diesels was developed here in the 
> '80's and '90's.
> Check SAE papers, you'll be amazed.
> 
> NOTE: If you have a new diesel that says Use Only ULSD and you fill up 
> in Mexico,
> it stops ruining and you have to pay all repair costs even if it has 
> only 100 miles on the clock.
> Very, very expensive.
> 
> James Tone wrote:
> > Bryan, Look at the POS diesels the American manufacturers gave us in the past. 
> They are nothing like the ones today. Even with the minor problens the pickup 
> are haveing is nothing like the GM junk that was sold to us. Our main problem is 
> performance and how it's been pushed down everones throat. Hey we liked 
> performance and diesels have been portrayed as slow. Well now is a new time and 
> milage/cost is on the forefront. Hopefully the loddyist/one the take legislators 
> (and they all are) will take notice an change some of what's been ailing us for 
> years........
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