Anybody here drive a diesel ?

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:29 pm

Installed a new Yanmar 1GM-10 diesel in my 26 foot sailboat. It is lighter, half again as powerful as the old Italian diesel. I can cruise at 6 knots on one quart of fuel per hour-faster if there is a breeze.

tubiker · Post by **tubiker** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:05 pm

Yo

I've got 2 Diesels - a Fiat Punto 90bhp JTD - and yes I can get my Meinl 2145 and my St Pete BBb in the boot (but not at the same time...........

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and a Fiat Multipla (now 140 bhp) JTD - 6 seats - 3 in the front, 3 in the back (these come out and I have had an entire Brass Band in the back - honest........

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I get 50 to 55 to the gallon out of the Punto and 38 to 42 out of the Multi. I have just had the engine management chip in the Multi remapped which has boosted output from 110bhp to 140 bhp - this gives me a lot more poke from the beastie and puts a few boy racers to shame.

In the UK there has been an explosion in Diesel car ownership to the extent that the fuel manufacturers are having to put in more capacity to meet demand. This has led to an increase in the at the pump price, although over the past month the prices of diesel/petrol have been running parallel which is the first time thats happened for a long time. My cars are both Fiats - a couple of years ago Fiat sold a 49% (I think) share of the company to General Motors. Amongst other reasons, Fiat were in danger of going under and also General Motors wanted to get there hands on the Fiat JTD engine - its a state of the art (for a volume manufactured car) Common Rail, Turbo engine.

broom broom

Andrew M

chhite · Post by **chhite** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:14 pm

I checked Volkswagen's web site and the only diesel they import is the Jetta with a 1.9 TDI getting anywhere from a reported 41-50 mpg. Might be something to check out.

BTW, the Multi and Renault's version are some odd looking vehicles. But the US had the Aztec and some other odd-looking models, too.

tubeast · Post by **tubeast** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:42 am

Doc,

was on vacation for a couple of days.
Opel is among the oldest German brands, just like AUDI or BMW (Not their market segment, though. They are slightly lower in price range than VW).
After the war Opel became a GM daughter.
They ruined their good name before the turn of the century, but have caught up with other brands by now. Quite a bargain, especially used.
(No, IÂ´m not a car dealer)

pulseczar · Post by **pulseczar** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:12 am

There are old Mercedes diesels lying around in the US too.

chhite · Post by **chhite** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:42 pm

Saw this week that both the VW Passat and Jetta will be returning in '08 with a redesigned and a stricter emissions-compliant diesel. Didn't get any forecast on prices but we'll wait and see if they're worth it.

chhite · Post by **chhite** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:42 am

That, I didn't ask, but I will the next time I'm at the dealer. Once I found the Jetta sedan didn't fit me, I discounted the model in all its possible configurations. The salesman did say that the few remaining TDI Jettas are being grabbed in rediculously short time and the new ones already have a waiting list.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:38 am

Doc wrote:in the offering?

in the offing, but what's an 'er' amongst anti-nazi spelling friends?

XtremeEuph · Post by **XtremeEuph** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:23 pm

Havent read the posts but all i can say is im sick of diesels, they deafen me. I flip burgers and up here in farm country, 50% of the people blare through drive thru with their diesels in my ear, ouch!

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:17 pm

I love the smell of peanut oil in the morning....

XtremeEuph · Post by **XtremeEuph** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:45 pm

Doc wrote:You apparently haven't seen or heard a Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, or Audi diesel made in the last 5 years. Drive-thru noise with these models? Horseshit. There are gas engines louder than these high performance motors. Dodge, Chevy, and Ford diesel pickups are, btw, in a different class - don't judge these cars based on your idea of an American diesel pickup. That, sir, is apples and oranges.

If I was in charge in Detroit, there would be an abundance of quiet, efficient diesel cars and trucks. I'd be in collusion with the BIODIESEL industry, just as current manufacturers are in the back pocket of the petrochemical industry. If I was a German auto maker, I'd educate the public with a campaign for a kinder, gentler, more efficient diesel, and I'd promote the **** out of biodiesel, but, I digress...

Yes I understand, I thought you were talking about 1 ton + dual wheel farm trucks heh (sorry, country folk. Guess i should read the topic before posting. Must get it from my mother or something, talk before i think)

Doc

tubiker · Post by **tubiker** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:39 pm

Yo

U wanna see where Diesel is goin....................

Go to

http://www.jcbdieselmax.com/html/home.php

JCB have built a super record breaker - the Dieselmax - running on standard JCB Diesels - did 350mph on Bonneville Flats in August

pip pip

Andrew M

tubafour · Post by **tubafour** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:25 am

Have you guys heard any of the horror stories related to the Jetta's transmissions? I was looking at the possibility of a TDI Wagon, but read some reviews where the they were driving off the lot with grinding trannies. I might be willing to take a chance anyways for 50mpg.

Captain Sousie · Post by **Captain Sousie** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:37 am

My Dad is a Volkswagen mech and he doesn't see too much transmission trouble. He has seen a little exaust trouble from the Jetta TDIs but that is about it.

Sou

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