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What kind of gas mileage do you get?
emb:
07 Ford Fusion
24-28 city driving (Duluth has lots of hills)
32-34 HWY
Sure beats our old ford ranger and F150XLT which drained about 12-16mpg.
patrickl:
Diesel is a health hazard. These days it doesn't smell anymore, but the invisible particles cause cancer and heart disease. Especially kids suffer since they need more oxygen per kilogram of body mass.
The filters are able to take out the "larger" particulates, but it's the smallest ones that cause the most damage. The smaller the particulate the more damaging it is. That's why current filter laws are just not working. Indeed the total mass of particulates is decreasing, but the number of particulates is going up. Which is exactly the opposite of what you'd actually want.
shardian:
--- Quote from: patrickl on April 15, 2008, 10:41:57 am ---Diesel is a health hazard.
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So is gasoline. I know what you mean though.
BradC:
2005 Mustang (the V-6, not the GT) about 20, and I drive 45 miles each way to work every day. My wife's Prius gets about 45MPG.
Level42:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on April 15, 2008, 07:40:58 am ---
meh. diesels are smelly...
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Yes, that was 10 years ago. Shardian is right. You guys just have not been in contact with the modern Diesel engines of today.
Whenever my car at the dealers' and I get a replacement car that is running on petrol, I am irritated by it's slow acceleration.
Patrick forgets to mention that a Diesel engine produces only a fraction of poisonous CO. In that way, it's a lot cleaner than a petrol engine. Also, because of the much better milage Diesel engines are oil savers.
One way or the other, driving will pollute. Even all the "alternatives".
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