rverdoold Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Modern high pressure commonrail-diesel are not suitable for PPO. Only the old indirect injection diesels. Lukas I know but that is what i call research and development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rweddy Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I would love to see this come to the states my old vw tdi got nearly 60 mpg and was way faster and easier to maintain than a hybred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I know but that is what i call research and development. The OPEC is ways to strong and has a very strong lobby. They are not interested in factorys developing alternativ fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slegacy96 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I would love to see this come to the states my old vw tdi got nearly 60 mpg and was way faster and easier to maintain than a hybred. Faster than a hybrid. Faster than an Altima hybrid? GS450h? RX400h? Highlander hybrid? Accord hybrid? All of those cars have a 0 - 60 below 7 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rweddy Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Faster than a hybrid. Faster than an Altima hybrid? GS450h? RX400h? Highlander hybrid? Accord hybrid? All of those cars have a 0 - 60 below 7 seconds. I should have clarified faster than high mpg hybrids; vehicles in the 50+ mpg range, none of the ones listed above get even close to that. Plus there is not argument about longevity of a diesel compared to a hybrid. Another big down side of current hybrids you cannot maintain them yourself. You cannot even do oil changes on them safely without the proper grounding equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slegacy96 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I should have clarified faster than high mpg hybrids; vehicles in the 50+ mpg range, none of the ones listed above get even close to that. Plus there is not argument about longevity of a diesel compared to a hybrid. Another big down side of current hybrids you cannot maintain them yourself. You cannot even do oil changes on them safely without the proper grounding equipment. True, but apparently the brake pads on my mom's RX will never wear out because of the regenerative braking. Something to take into account vs. a hybrid's gasoline counterparts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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