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#15 of 17 Re: Honda Cancels Diesels- Posted April 6th [bob757fl] by carenthusias1 Jul 28, 2009 (12:22 pm)
Replying to: bob757fl (Jul 25, 2009 5:36 pm) Actually, I think Mercedes- Benz diesels don't pass the California standards, so you can only see old Benz diesels. And Honda probably thinks it'd be too expensive to get into all the research for diesel's instead of just develop a new hybrid system. Replies to this message: mike91326 (Jul 28, 2009 12:25 pm)
#16 of 17 Re: Honda Cancels Diesels- Posted April 6th [carenthusias1] by mike91326 Jul 28, 2009 (12:25 pm)
Replying to: carenthusias1 (Jul 28, 2009 12:22 pm) All MB, BMW, and VW diesels sold in 2009 are 50 state legal.
#17 of 17 Diesel Capability by lavrishevo Jul 29, 2009 (5:12 pm)
Just a heads up on the capability of diesels. Last month we rented a 2004 Ford Galaxy 7 seater minivan that was built for Germany. We had it in the mountains of Serbia and Montenegro for a whole month. It was a 1.9 L VW diesel paired to a 6 speed manual transmission. This van is the size of the older & smaller Ody.   WE AVERAGED 43.5 MPG over the whole month we were using the vehicle! Again, this is with 6 people and packed to the gills with luggage as we traveled throughout the two countries. Of course 0-60 was probably 10 seconds but who cares with that mileage. The problem lies in emissions because the engines over there are not the cleanest. But, just think about this. A minivan getting an average between 40 and 45 MPG! We could go almost 900 miles on one tank of gas! They need this over there because fuel is just under 5.00 a gallon.   I don't know what you guys are seeing as far as diesel rates in your area but diesel is a few cents cheaper then regular in Puerto Rico...

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