oops, i wasn't quite clear enough on a couple things. with only one exception all the vehicles i'm talking about are 10+ years old ranging on up to around 25 years old. maybe they're just good quality? the older ones are all european diesels, which might well be part of the reason why they've done so well.
i don't drive a lot compared to people in my area, (which i know is still extravagant by comparison with many parts of the world) but i live in the country and when i do drive 5 miles is the minimum, with 10-20 miles being more common. and we don't have extreme cold here so don't salt the roads, which would also help a lot. cars just last much longer here before rusting out. erik --- "Johnston, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik, thanks. My impression is also that diesels do > not have the same problems that petrol has. Maybe > they are now making exhausts better that they used > to only 10 years ago. This is a possibility since > the introduction of catalysts for petrol in the UK. > Nonetheless, my reaction to the mileages you state > is that they are tremendous distances on > unperforated original exhausts. I try top keep up to > date on this by asking annual road worthiness test > (MOT) mechanics their experience..which seems to be > similar to mine. I'll ask more people here. > > Don Johnston > Environmental Coordinator , Portsmouth City Council > Chair, Solent Energy and Environment Management > Group > > Winner ; National Champion-Science and Technology, > Green Apple Awards 2002 > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tel: 023 9283 4247 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Erik Lane > Sent: 11 October 2004 23:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Biofuel] fuel additives > > > > --- "Johnston, Don" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > 124k miles on original exhaust seems exceptional > to > > me, > > really?? is this also the experience of other > people? > i have quite a few cars here that have 100-200k on > gasoline engines with the original exhaust and it's > in > good condition. and there's one with a rusted out > muffler that has about 170k on it. > > and the diesels range from 150-300k + with no > problems > yet. i suspect that diesel fuel doesn't have the > same > problems that gas engines experience, but i don't > really know. > > all numbers are in US miles. > > erik > > > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > ********************************************************** > This e-mail is for the intended recipient only. > If an addressing, transmission or other error has > misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author > by replying to this e-mail. > If you are not the intended recipient you must not > use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or reply to > this > email. > This e-mail may be monitored, read, recorded and > retained by Portsmouth City Council. > E-mail monitoring/blocking software may be used. > > ********************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
