My father had a VW dasher (diesel ), that was city only driven. Lasted for years until a woman driver, ran a light, and ripped of the radiator with the bumper of her truck. He never had any real problems with it.
Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 18:11 Subject: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines > I live in city of about 130,000 people. I'm looking at buying a > diesel and using biodiesel for fuel. I have a question though > about the praticalities of owning and using a diesel in an urban > environment. > > I wasrecently warned against buying a diesel engine-based > vehicle if the vehicle's primary use is mainly short trips (i.e. in a > city). The main reason given was that diesels are meant to be > driven long distances (i.e highways). To drive a diesel in-town on > short trips, is to basiclly have a vehicle that dies out sooner than > a gasoline powered vehicle. My question is whether accelerated > deterioration would be linked to carbon build-up within typical > diesels (my understanding is that biodiesel eliminates this > build-up) > > Does anyone know or can explain the differences between the > two types of engines and tell me whether there is any merit to > this caveat? Are there any other considerations needed to be > kept in mind when thinking diesel within the urban framework? > > Thanks > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
