To: Tupelo
No, none of the diesels today are re-engineered gasoline engines, to my knowledge. I drive a 1984 Mercedes 300D turbo diesel sedan that I bought ten years ago for $100 and I get 25-30 mpg. The car weighs over 1 1/2 tons and is a tank. It’s a 5 cylinder, inline.
13 posted on
01/19/2014 8:26:44 AM PST by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Tupelo
Tupelo No, none of the diesels today are re-engineered gasoline engines, to my knowledge. I drive a 1984 Mercedes 300D turbo diesel sedan that I bought ten years ago for $100 and I get 25-30 mpg. The car weighs over 1 1/2 tons and is a tank. It’s a 5 cylinder, inline. Comparing mpg of diesel engined cars to gasoline is not valid. Diesel is denser, and it takes more crude oil to make a gallon of diesel than a gallon of gasoline.
17 posted on
01/19/2014 8:39:31 AM PST by
Paleo Conservative
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