The price and availability of diesel fuel is a factor too. -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 2:43 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Volt vs. Gas
Yep. GM ruined/destroyed Diesel market in USA with the "Diesel" crap they put in cars in late '70's and early '80's. Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "OK Don" <okd...@gmail.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Volt vs. Gas > Umm - wrong. It's not the EPA, we can buy Diesels here now. Just go to > your > local MB dealer (or VW, etc,). It's the lack of an informed market here. > They're not going to bring cars over that they can't sell because the US > still thinks of the GM Diesels from the 80's. > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Last summer in Spain I rented a Peugeot diesel wagon, 5spd, it was brand >>> new when I picked it up at the airport. I was pleasantly surprised at >>> what >>> a nice car it was -- hauled 4 of us and all our stuff for 9 days on >>> high-speed roads and back roads and in town, A/C running (blowing ice >>> cold!) and I figured (with all the conversions of liters and kms) that >>> it >>> was getting over 40mpg. I really wonder why we cannot buy cars like >>> that >>> here, >>> >> >> That is easy: EPA >> >> (Otherwise known as gummit) >> >> >> Or is it Gummit, otherwise known as EPA?) >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://m ail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > > > > -- > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 1992 300D 2.5T > 1990 300D 2.5T > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
