Christopher, The W115 is indeed a fun car! Our W115 240D is way faster than our W123 240D, and it drives nicer.
Bruce --- Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know these threads get tiring, but I am still in > my > first year of "dieseling" and I recall from this > past > winter the mantra "Diesel is always higher in the > winter because of demand for heating oil. Gas is > higher in the summer becuase of the travel season" > Fall agricultural use also uses alot of diesel it > was > said...can't see, personally, how it's more than > planting in winter - it should be less. Plow, till, > rotovate, plant, cultivate, etc...harvest is nothing > in comparison. > > ANYWAY, What the hell is the story now? > > >From what I know, there are no "diesel refineries", > there are oil refineries and all sorts of stuff gets > separated out. It can only be two things, it seems: > 1. Higher demand. Well, I doubt that as train > shipping > has jumped substantially (this happens in uncertain > economic times and confirmed by my friend who works > for one of the big rail freight lines) and trains > use > ALOT less diesel to move the same freight as trucks > would. Is trucking up so much to offset this and > create higher demand? > 2. Conspiracy (unproveable speculation here). The > oil > companies remember that the '70's oil crisis caused > a > jump in the sale of diesel vehicles. It's happening > again. Many new diesel models introduced. Front > cover > of local car mag advertized the diesel Passat Wagon > at > 30-whatever mpg, etc. Fed gov just passed a $4,000 > (!) > tax credit for the purchase of a new diesel vehicle. > > The oil co's didn't care in the 70's/80's as they > sold > gas and diesel. WHAT IS DIFFERENT NOW is that BioD > is > becoming increasingly popular (log way to go, but no > doubt it is happening). I am wondering if they are > not > keeping the cost high to DISSUADE the purchase of > diesel vehicles which in a few years might be able > to > fill up on BioD for less than dinoD, which will mean > $0 from THAT customer to big oil (unless they are in > the BioD game too (I would be if I were them)). > > In Germany BioD is the CHEAPEST fuel available...so > with economy of scale, price will come way down. > (Euro > fuels are so high becuase they are about 70% tax). > > Thoughts on the conspiracy theory? > > P.S. THe old 240D (new to me) is working great. > Fun...going from the SD to it is like driving a > Mercedes go-cart...peppier than I thought (W115 > might > be the reason). > > Thanks. > > Christopher McCann, Raytown, Missouri > -1985 300SD, 207K miles, "Wulf" > http://don.homelinux.net/mbz/Chris > -1976 240D, ManyK miles, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen > Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel Test > Vehicle) > -1998 Toyota Sienna CE, 99K miles, "The Van" > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > Bruce 82 300CD 333kmi 'His' 85 300CD 234kmi 'Hers' 75 240D 185kmi 'Theirs' (Back in Commission) 77 240D 199kmi 'The Brown Car' __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
