This sort of bottom line thinking is a disease in this country. We've been conditioned from birth to put everything into dollars and no sense. The key is to use LESS fuel. If everyone used 25% less not only would the price decrease--for you bottom liners--but we would be less reliant on foreign sources. Diesels also have the option of running a largely renewable fuel such as biodiesel. Some intrepid souls are even making their own biodiesel or running waste veggie oil rung from the arteries of junk-food junkies. Emissions are an issue, but many modern TDI's have catalytic converters and are very clean--especially compared to anything from 1982. I'm looking into running a "cat" on my TDI if I can find the proper unit and some room for it. Biodiesel also makes for cleaner emissions.
Tom --- Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Ok- SO everyone is saying they want a Diesel -in > your Vanagon. > > Diesel sells in the Seattle area for $3.12 a > gallon right now. > > I use regular gas @ 2.72 a gallon. > > I get about 24 mpg if I drive under 60 mph. > > Your Diesel Vanagon gets 30 mpg, or about a range > of 480 miles per tank. > > My gas Vanagon gets 384 miles per tank at 55 mph. > > My full tank of 16 gallons costs $43.52. > > Diesel tankful costs $49.92 > > Diesel saves $6.40 and gives about 48 extra miles > for that cost. > > If I fill a gerry can with $6.40 in gas, I can > extend my range to 432 miles. > > SO even at the price 0f $3.12 a gallon, you still > can get an extra 48 miles over the gas . > > 48 miles , $6.40 in savings , each tank. > > $50.00 a tank- sounds cheap , doesn't it? > > When I got my Vanagon in 1995 it cost only $17.00 > to fill the tank. > > How do they afford it? The world , that is? > > Robert > > 1982 Westfalia > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
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