Here in Seattle the Biodiesel industry has just begun. In the news last night was a fellow who had parked his pickup with a large several hundred gallon tank of biodiesel on the street and was selling it to passing cars. I have read about this fuel and have tried to keep up with the advancing industry news. Wholly a grassroots effort though, I don't think the big guys could stand to sell such a product that was as clean and low on the profit margin. It would be quite a boon for the environment if more diesel vanagons were utilizing this stuff.
Mike G. Andrew Grebneff wrote: > At 12:19 PM -0800 20-11-2001, Perry Pillard wrote: > Hey Gang, > Not long back I purchased an '83 Rabbit, with a stock 1.6L turbo > diesel. Man, am I impressed with it! Economy, performance, > reliability all wrapped up in a neat little bundle. The more I work > on the engine, the more I like it, and this started me to thinkin' > that maybe I should convert all our family vehicles to diesels. I > like the idea that I can work on them and keep the auto mechanics > greedy fingers out of my pocket. > > Diesels are in many ways great, and fortunately VW diesels appear to > be reliable (most aren't). Just hope the turbo VWs are... certainly > Japanese turbodiesels, even Toyotas, are notorious for cracking heads. > > Haven't yet tried a common-rail direct-injection 4V DOHC diesel yet... > > But I do HATE the 5000km oilchanges, and the horrible carbon in the > oil, which stains hands beyond cleaning... |
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