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8147 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2009 at 8:22 PM
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Replying to: agrawal (Oct 14, 2009 12:53 pm)  Would that remove most all of the gasoline left in the tank? Guess it depends how the tank is shaped and where the siphon hose could reach (which is best to remove the tank to tip it up and drain it out). I see your point though, putting gas in a diesel is a mistake I expect happens a lot and so it shouldn't be this involved and expensive to correct. I would expect MB to have designed the fuel tank so gasoline could be easily removed when it does happen. Perhaps some kind of drain at the lowest part of the fuel tank to make it easy to remove all of the fuel without having to remove the fuel tank. Think of it this way, you saved a ton of money by not starting the car 
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Replying to: agrawal (Oct 14, 2009 12:53 pm)
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Replying to: houdini1 (Oct 18, 2009 8:59 am) |
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most underappreciated new cars 1. Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Better than a Prius in every way except fuel mileage by a tiny amount, and its lower price still gives it the overall cost advantage for decades.
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Replying to: moparbad (Oct 19, 2009 8:46 pm) To think that Jetta TDI doesn't make the next emission level requirement Tier-III (in 2011) and Prius makes it by a wide margin, already. .
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Replying to: john1701a (Oct 19, 2009 10:54 pm) The Prius is still far from as clean as CARB is proposing. They want nothing less than ZEV. Even a PHEV Prius will not be close to that. It is all a game of diminishing returns. So enjoy what you consider to be a reasonable vehicle while you can. 10 MPG in the city is nothing to give up for a much finer handling vehicle with higher quality interior and exterior design and materials. Plus Toyota needs to address their runaway acceleration issues before they kill a lot more people. Make mine diesel!
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 20, 2009 4:53 am)
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Replying to: john1701a (Oct 20, 2009 6:27 am) Get back to us when Prius goes 9500+ miles around the USA covering every one of the 48 states at better than 67.9 MPG. Flat land mileage records are meaningless.
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 20, 2009 7:36 am) Your post again points out the fact that "no one car is perfect for EVERY situation" and again it promotes the need for a "diesel electric hybrid car" which would give the BEST of BOTH worlds. Are you listening, VW? Audi? MB? We want/need a commercially viable diesel/electric 5-passenger hybrid sedan.
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 20, 2009 7:46 am)
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