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What kind of gas mileage do you get?
paigeoliver:
I didn't plan on actually getting one or anything.
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--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 15, 2008, 11:38:44 pm ---Those loud ineffecient Mercedes Diesels from the 80s are also basically the best car ever built. I don't have one myself (I have a gas benz), but I'd drive one.
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dont paige, dont! they are aweful! slow, smokey, noisy. you would spend thousands just to overhaul the fuel pump. and many more to rebuild the engine- which you would have to if you didnt want it to belch smoke.
about modern diesels being different. yes they are different. the injection system is way higher pressure than previous systems, thus ensuring cleaner more effecient burning. but ive been behind enough 5 year old (shiny, not bush-bashed) landcruisers and the like to know that once the engines wear out even a little bit (which happens rather quickly it seems with cars and 4wds) they are no better than the older style engines. just as smoky as any ol' truck...
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danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 16, 2008, 05:42:23 am ---I didn't plan on actually getting one or anything.
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on April 16, 2008, 01:31:47 am ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 15, 2008, 11:38:44 pm ---Those loud ineffecient Mercedes Diesels from the 80s are also basically the best car ever built. I don't have one myself (I have a gas benz), but I'd drive one.
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dont paige, dont! they are aweful! slow, smokey, noisy. you would spend thousands just to overhaul the fuel pump. and many more to rebuild the engine- which you would have to if you didnt want it to belch smoke.
about modern diesels being different. yes they are different. the injection system is way higher pressure than previous systems, thus ensuring cleaner more effecient burning. but ive been behind enough 5 year old (shiny, not bush-bashed) landcruisers and the like to know that once the engines wear out even a little bit (which happens rather quickly it seems with cars and 4wds) they are no better than the older style engines. just as smoky as any ol' truck...
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i know, i was just being melodramatic ;D
the mercedes you have now ist uber kühl 8)
Teknique:
07 honda fit sport
Wade:
My daily driver gets 30+ consistently, it's a 2008 Yaris 4-door.
I've measured 5 mpg in my 1994 RX-7. That was a weekend of track driving, plus about 45 minutes each way to and from the track. The flames shooting out of the tailpipe should be a pretty good sign that it's not going to get good gas mileage. ;) It gets 12-25 mpg under "normal" driving.
Wade
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: Teknique on April 16, 2008, 07:53:35 am ---07 honda fit sport
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Hey cool, another Fit driver. What color did you get? Mine's blackberry pearl.
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