L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

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?

Mike

This looks like you have had personal issues with one companys products and
have extrapolated said experience to include every other diesel manufacturer
in the world. this is an irrational act and no amount of rational argument
will be able to counter it.

BTW, why did you want to cruise at 8mph over the speed limit? is there no
longer law enforcement in texas, or are speed limits purely advisory?

you admit tinkering with the injector pump(to its maximum adjustment!), and
I infer that you were running flat out (correct me if i'm wrong), and you
ONLY got 38mpg!


"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40BC0069.63D28786@***.net...
> 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?

Mike

This looks like you have had personal issues with one companys products and
have extrapolated said experience to include every other diesel manufacturer
in the world. this is an irrational act and no amount of rational argument
will be able to counter it.

BTW, why did you want to cruise at 8mph over the speed limit? is there no
longer law enforcement in texas, or are speed limits purely advisory?

you admit tinkering with the injector pump(to its maximum adjustment!), and
I infer that you were running flat out (correct me if i'm wrong), and you
ONLY got 38mpg!


"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40BC0069.63D28786@***.net...
> 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?

Mike

This looks like you have had personal issues with one companys products and
have extrapolated said experience to include every other diesel manufacturer
in the world. this is an irrational act and no amount of rational argument
will be able to counter it.

BTW, why did you want to cruise at 8mph over the speed limit? is there no
longer law enforcement in texas, or are speed limits purely advisory?

you admit tinkering with the injector pump(to its maximum adjustment!), and
I infer that you were running flat out (correct me if i'm wrong), and you
ONLY got 38mpg!


"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40BC0069.63D28786@***.net...
> 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?

Mike

This looks like you have had personal issues with one companys products and
have extrapolated said experience to include every other diesel manufacturer
in the world. this is an irrational act and no amount of rational argument
will be able to counter it.

BTW, why did you want to cruise at 8mph over the speed limit? is there no
longer law enforcement in texas, or are speed limits purely advisory?

you admit tinkering with the injector pump(to its maximum adjustment!), and
I infer that you were running flat out (correct me if i'm wrong), and you
ONLY got 38mpg!


"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40BC0069.63D28786@***.net...
> 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?

Mike

Whoops! Sorry Bill, replied to the wrong post there.

Mike

Mike

Whoops! Sorry Bill, replied to the wrong post there.

Mike

Mike

Whoops! Sorry Bill, replied to the wrong post there.

Mike

Mike

Whoops! Sorry Bill, replied to the wrong post there.

Mike

Lee Ayrton

On Mon, 31 May 2004, F. Robert Falbo wrote:

>
> > I don't care if Benz $#!ts a golden egg with this 320 CDI, you'll never
> > get Americans to buy diesels again in large numbers.
>
> Get Gasoline up to $3/Gal and people will flock to Diesels.

Maybe, maybe not. For the past two winter seasons here in chilly New
England the per gallon price of diesel fuel has been higher than mid-grade
gasoline, and occasionally higher than premium. The reason given is that
home heating oil and diesel are closely related products and that higher
demand in one causes higher prices in the other.