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On 11 Jan 2005 03:36:50 -0800, wrote:
Older deisels a bit noisier especially at tickover. Personally I find
that deisel chug sort of solid and re-assuring. Newer ones you wouldn't
know the difference. They can be maintenance free for life - just
change the oil, filter and cam belt at proper intervals and perhaps
change the glow plugs once or twice. I guess this is due to the fuel
itself being oil, unlike petrol which is a solvent and dilutes oil.
cheers
Yes, I'm probably still thinking of that cement mixer I used to work
with when I was 17, standing there all day breathing its fumes and
deafened by its clank-clank-clanking, and all the refinement of
Stephenson's Rocket.Though, I have to say, I drove a deisel Citroen in
the early 80's and it wasn't much nicer... I must have a go in a more
modern deisel car and see what I think.
Can anyone give us a clue as to how much cheaper a deisel car is to
run (regards the fuel cost, at least) than an equivalent-powered
petrol engined car? Is it as simple as looking at the difference in
price between a gallon of deisel and a gallon of petrol? Or is it more
complicated than that? I suspect it is, since they are not both likely
to do the same numer of miles per gallon, right?
Cheers,
J
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