>Several months ago, when I was talking with a mechanic of a service shop >that specializes in foreign autos, I mentioned about getting the diesel >landcruiser, he replied that he notices an slight upswing in the number of >diesels coming into the shop, and he said that he thought that people were >beginning to realize that diesels ( if you can get away from crap that >American companies put out in the early 80's ), have a better return of >investment, despite the fact that you have to be more on time with oil >changes and the like. > >I personally have noticed a increase locally in the number of privately >owned diesel vehicles, even if they are the big pickups. I talked to one >guy, about his and why he chose a diesel, and he said that he feels that >they are more reliable, and if given a chance would not go back to gas. It >is a little unfortunate that most of the diesels being sold today are the >big trucks, but, at least it is a step in a good direction.
Agreed. I did think about getting a big used diesel-powered truck, but at present it just didn't seem to fit my purposes enough to go there. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/