The Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan is too dirty to be sold in
California, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine, where emissions
standards are the strictest:
http://www.edmunds.com/advice/specia...8/article.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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"F. Robert Falbo" wrote:
>
> Try reading Road & Track, June'04, pg43 - Test of the Benz E320 CDI.
> (Unless you prefer to remain a Luddite)
>
> -bob- (13 years of turboDiesel ownership)

 

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan is too dirty to be sold in
California, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine, where emissions
standards are the strictest:
http://www.edmunds.com/advice/specia...8/article.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

"F. Robert Falbo" wrote:
>
> Try reading Road & Track, June'04, pg43 - Test of the Benz E320 CDI.
> (Unless you prefer to remain a Luddite)
>
> -bob- (13 years of turboDiesel ownership)

 

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan is too dirty to be sold in
California, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine, where emissions
standards are the strictest:
http://www.edmunds.com/advice/specia...8/article.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

"F. Robert Falbo" wrote:
>
> Try reading Road & Track, June'04, pg43 - Test of the Benz E320 CDI.
> (Unless you prefer to remain a Luddite)
>
> -bob- (13 years of turboDiesel ownership)

 

Hey man that Golf put all the foreign car places back in business.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jerry McG wrote:
>
> Do I remember it? How could I forget that obscene pile of rattling crap!
>
> As a VW field service rep in the early '80's I was forced to drive those
> %$#!ing things as company cars for an entire Texas summer because we
> couldn't give 'em away. I'd put 1k miles on 'em, then blackmail an unlucky
> dealer into buying it or I wouldn't approve their goodwill & warranty
> claims. Then on to the next one. At one point we had a 300 days supply of
> them sitting at the ports, totally sales-proof.
>
> Most of 'em had no A/C, which was fortunate because they were so slow they
> were a road hazard. I finally started twisting the mixture screw on the
> injection pump as far in as I could, whereby I might be able to get the
> thing to cruise at 63 mph (speed limit was 55 back then.) The biggest joke
> was the "fuel economy". The damn tings got about 38 MPG on the highway, a
> gasoline 5 speed Rabbit got around 35. Diesels, what a joke!
>
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> > >
> > > Now why would I want todo a silly thing like that and get rid of the
> diesels
> > > main advantage over a gasoline engine, i.e. fuel efficiency?

 

Hey man that Golf put all the foreign car places back in business.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jerry McG wrote:
>
> Do I remember it? How could I forget that obscene pile of rattling crap!
>
> As a VW field service rep in the early '80's I was forced to drive those
> %$#!ing things as company cars for an entire Texas summer because we
> couldn't give 'em away. I'd put 1k miles on 'em, then blackmail an unlucky
> dealer into buying it or I wouldn't approve their goodwill & warranty
> claims. Then on to the next one. At one point we had a 300 days supply of
> them sitting at the ports, totally sales-proof.
>
> Most of 'em had no A/C, which was fortunate because they were so slow they
> were a road hazard. I finally started twisting the mixture screw on the
> injection pump as far in as I could, whereby I might be able to get the
> thing to cruise at 63 mph (speed limit was 55 back then.) The biggest joke
> was the "fuel economy". The damn tings got about 38 MPG on the highway, a
> gasoline 5 speed Rabbit got around 35. Diesels, what a joke!
>
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> > >
> > > Now why would I want todo a silly thing like that and get rid of the
> diesels
> > > main advantage over a gasoline engine, i.e. fuel efficiency?

 

Hey man that Golf put all the foreign car places back in business.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jerry McG wrote:
>
> Do I remember it? How could I forget that obscene pile of rattling crap!
>
> As a VW field service rep in the early '80's I was forced to drive those
> %$#!ing things as company cars for an entire Texas summer because we
> couldn't give 'em away. I'd put 1k miles on 'em, then blackmail an unlucky
> dealer into buying it or I wouldn't approve their goodwill & warranty
> claims. Then on to the next one. At one point we had a 300 days supply of
> them sitting at the ports, totally sales-proof.
>
> Most of 'em had no A/C, which was fortunate because they were so slow they
> were a road hazard. I finally started twisting the mixture screw on the
> injection pump as far in as I could, whereby I might be able to get the
> thing to cruise at 63 mph (speed limit was 55 back then.) The biggest joke
> was the "fuel economy". The damn tings got about 38 MPG on the highway, a
> gasoline 5 speed Rabbit got around 35. Diesels, what a joke!
>
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> > >
> > > Now why would I want todo a silly thing like that and get rid of the
> diesels
> > > main advantage over a gasoline engine, i.e. fuel efficiency?

 

Hey man that Golf put all the foreign car places back in business.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jerry McG wrote:
>
> Do I remember it? How could I forget that obscene pile of rattling crap!
>
> As a VW field service rep in the early '80's I was forced to drive those
> %$#!ing things as company cars for an entire Texas summer because we
> couldn't give 'em away. I'd put 1k miles on 'em, then blackmail an unlucky
> dealer into buying it or I wouldn't approve their goodwill & warranty
> claims. Then on to the next one. At one point we had a 300 days supply of
> them sitting at the ports, totally sales-proof.
>
> Most of 'em had no A/C, which was fortunate because they were so slow they
> were a road hazard. I finally started twisting the mixture screw on the
> injection pump as far in as I could, whereby I might be able to get the
> thing to cruise at 63 mph (speed limit was 55 back then.) The biggest joke
> was the "fuel economy". The damn tings got about 38 MPG on the highway, a
> gasoline 5 speed Rabbit got around 35. Diesels, what a joke!
>
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> > >
> > > Now why would I want todo a silly thing like that and get rid of the
> diesels
> > > main advantage over a gasoline engine, i.e. fuel efficiency?

 

My Brother-in-law just let his trucks go:
http://www.----------.com/zeigler/truck.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jerry McG wrote:
>
> This is the biggest joke where diesels are concerned. Diesel is basically
> one step beyond kerosene, one of the first byproducts of the refining
> process. It costs a fraction of what gasoline does to refine, and nothing
> more to transport, etc. The oil companies saw a ripe opportunity to stuff it
> up the keesters of consumers and long haul truckers and went for it. Boy,
> some savings, huh?

 

My Brother-in-law just let his trucks go:
http://www.----------.com/zeigler/truck.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jerry McG wrote:
>
> This is the biggest joke where diesels are concerned. Diesel is basically
> one step beyond kerosene, one of the first byproducts of the refining
> process. It costs a fraction of what gasoline does to refine, and nothing
> more to transport, etc. The oil companies saw a ripe opportunity to stuff it
> up the keesters of consumers and long haul truckers and went for it. Boy,
> some savings, huh?

 

My Brother-in-law just let his trucks go:
http://www.----------.com/zeigler/truck.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jerry McG wrote:
>
> This is the biggest joke where diesels are concerned. Diesel is basically
> one step beyond kerosene, one of the first byproducts of the refining
> process. It costs a fraction of what gasoline does to refine, and nothing
> more to transport, etc. The oil companies saw a ripe opportunity to stuff it
> up the keesters of consumers and long haul truckers and went for it. Boy,
> some savings, huh?