DougW

Earle Horton did pass the time by typing:
> I rented a VW Golf in Spain six months ago, and the smell was barely
> detectable. I walked around the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, País Vasco for
> months, diesel burning rigs everywhere, and I barely noticed it. Not even
> the buses. In fact the air was so clean, that I once saw a tourist from
> L.A., down on his hands and knees, trying to get a breath of smog from a bus
> exhaust. ;^)

They use a much higher refined and lower sulfer diesel fuel over there.
Thank your stars you got a diesel, unleaded fuel is bloody expensive over there.
(at least it was in Italy when I was there)

--
DougW

DougW

Earle Horton did pass the time by typing:
> I rented a VW Golf in Spain six months ago, and the smell was barely
> detectable. I walked around the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, País Vasco for
> months, diesel burning rigs everywhere, and I barely noticed it. Not even
> the buses. In fact the air was so clean, that I once saw a tourist from
> L.A., down on his hands and knees, trying to get a breath of smog from a bus
> exhaust. ;^)

They use a much higher refined and lower sulfer diesel fuel over there.
Thank your stars you got a diesel, unleaded fuel is bloody expensive over there.
(at least it was in Italy when I was there)

--
DougW

DougW

Earle Horton did pass the time by typing:
> I rented a VW Golf in Spain six months ago, and the smell was barely
> detectable. I walked around the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, País Vasco for
> months, diesel burning rigs everywhere, and I barely noticed it. Not even
> the buses. In fact the air was so clean, that I once saw a tourist from
> L.A., down on his hands and knees, trying to get a breath of smog from a bus
> exhaust. ;^)

They use a much higher refined and lower sulfer diesel fuel over there.
Thank your stars you got a diesel, unleaded fuel is bloody expensive over there.
(at least it was in Italy when I was there)

--
DougW

Dave Milne

You guys still haven't got the ultra low sulphur diesel yet.
According to this link:
http://www.gmcanada.com/inm/gmcanada..._Tailpipe.html
"In 2000, the average Canadian level of sulphur in gasoline was about 350
parts per million (ppm), among the highest in the industrialized world. At
450 ppm, Ontario has the highest average sulphur level in Canada.. "

We have been running ultra low sulphur diesel for some time
now, which is less than 50 ppm.

Dave Milne, Scotland

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:447AF7B5.DBB54CF5@sympatico.ca...
> So I am curious, besides the noise, how bad is the smell? Our dirty
> diesel fuel puts out an amazing rotted egg sulfur smell from any diesel
> I have had the misfortune to be following in my open topped Jeep....
> Especially on trails where the wind can't blow it right away.
>
> Mike

Dave Milne

You guys still haven't got the ultra low sulphur diesel yet.
According to this link:
http://www.gmcanada.com/inm/gmcanada..._Tailpipe.html
"In 2000, the average Canadian level of sulphur in gasoline was about 350
parts per million (ppm), among the highest in the industrialized world. At
450 ppm, Ontario has the highest average sulphur level in Canada.. "

We have been running ultra low sulphur diesel for some time
now, which is less than 50 ppm.

Dave Milne, Scotland

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:447AF7B5.DBB54CF5@sympatico.ca...
> So I am curious, besides the noise, how bad is the smell? Our dirty
> diesel fuel puts out an amazing rotted egg sulfur smell from any diesel
> I have had the misfortune to be following in my open topped Jeep....
> Especially on trails where the wind can't blow it right away.
>
> Mike

Dave Milne

You guys still haven't got the ultra low sulphur diesel yet.
According to this link:
http://www.gmcanada.com/inm/gmcanada..._Tailpipe.html
"In 2000, the average Canadian level of sulphur in gasoline was about 350
parts per million (ppm), among the highest in the industrialized world. At
450 ppm, Ontario has the highest average sulphur level in Canada.. "

We have been running ultra low sulphur diesel for some time
now, which is less than 50 ppm.

Dave Milne, Scotland

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:447AF7B5.DBB54CF5@sympatico.ca...
> So I am curious, besides the noise, how bad is the smell? Our dirty
> diesel fuel puts out an amazing rotted egg sulfur smell from any diesel
> I have had the misfortune to be following in my open topped Jeep....
> Especially on trails where the wind can't blow it right away.
>
> Mike

Mike Romain

And then they wonder why I grumble about diesels on the trails here in
Ontario Canada....

Mike

Dave Milne wrote:
>
> You guys still haven't got the ultra low sulphur diesel yet.
> According to this link:
> http://www.gmcanada.com/inm/gmcanada..._Tailpipe.html
> "In 2000, the average Canadian level of sulphur in gasoline was about 350
> parts per million (ppm), among the highest in the industrialized world. At
> 450 ppm, Ontario has the highest average sulphur level in Canada.. "
>
> We have been running ultra low sulphur diesel for some time
> now, which is less than 50 ppm.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:447AF7B5.DBB54CF5@sympatico.ca...
> > So I am curious, besides the noise, how bad is the smell? Our dirty
> > diesel fuel puts out an amazing rotted egg sulfur smell from any diesel
> > I have had the misfortune to be following in my open topped Jeep....
> > Especially on trails where the wind can't blow it right away.
> >
> > Mike

Mike Romain

And then they wonder why I grumble about diesels on the trails here in
Ontario Canada....

Mike

Dave Milne wrote:
>
> You guys still haven't got the ultra low sulphur diesel yet.
> According to this link:
> http://www.gmcanada.com/inm/gmcanada..._Tailpipe.html
> "In 2000, the average Canadian level of sulphur in gasoline was about 350
> parts per million (ppm), among the highest in the industrialized world. At
> 450 ppm, Ontario has the highest average sulphur level in Canada.. "
>
> We have been running ultra low sulphur diesel for some time
> now, which is less than 50 ppm.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:447AF7B5.DBB54CF5@sympatico.ca...
> > So I am curious, besides the noise, how bad is the smell? Our dirty
> > diesel fuel puts out an amazing rotted egg sulfur smell from any diesel
> > I have had the misfortune to be following in my open topped Jeep....
> > Especially on trails where the wind can't blow it right away.
> >
> > Mike

Mike Romain

And then they wonder why I grumble about diesels on the trails here in
Ontario Canada....

Mike

Dave Milne wrote:
>
> You guys still haven't got the ultra low sulphur diesel yet.
> According to this link:
> http://www.gmcanada.com/inm/gmcanada..._Tailpipe.html
> "In 2000, the average Canadian level of sulphur in gasoline was about 350
> parts per million (ppm), among the highest in the industrialized world. At
> 450 ppm, Ontario has the highest average sulphur level in Canada.. "
>
> We have been running ultra low sulphur diesel for some time
> now, which is less than 50 ppm.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:447AF7B5.DBB54CF5@sympatico.ca...
> > So I am curious, besides the noise, how bad is the smell? Our dirty
> > diesel fuel puts out an amazing rotted egg sulfur smell from any diesel
> > I have had the misfortune to be following in my open topped Jeep....
> > Especially on trails where the wind can't blow it right away.
> >
> > Mike

Earle Horton

"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:sfJeg.52195$9c6.26922@dukeread11...
> Earle Horton did pass the time by typing:
> > I rented a VW Golf in Spain six months ago, and the smell was barely
> > detectable. I walked around the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, País Vasco for
> > months, diesel burning rigs everywhere, and I barely noticed it. Not
even
> > the buses. In fact the air was so clean, that I once saw a tourist from
> > L.A., down on his hands and knees, trying to get a breath of smog from
> > a bus exhaust. ;^)
>
> They use a much higher refined and lower sulfer diesel fuel over there.
> Thank your stars you got a diesel, unleaded fuel is bloody expensive
> over there.
> (at least it was in Italy when I was there)
>
I became a bus and train convert while in Europe. It's not the cost, but
the convenience, and you don't have to worry about parking a bus or a train.
"Gasoleo", or diesel as we call it, isn't very cheap there either. :o( It's
too bad we don't have buses and trains like that here.

Avis gave me a diesel, because it was all they happened to have in town. I
thought I knew Spanish, until I tried to read the instructions on the pump.
Who would have thought, that a nozzle would be a "boquilla"? The raw fuel
doesn't smell so bad either. You can tell it is some kind of diesel, but
not like ours. I put a drop on my finger and smelled it, thereby convincing
the station attendant that I was "loco americano".

Earle



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