Did you buy it there, or just register it? I thought you couldn't buy a
diesel there?
--R
On 7/14/11 8:32 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Sure we have some diesels here but the selection is extremely limited.
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On Jul 14, 2011, at 6:00 PM, John Freermbfo...@gmail.com wrote:
I took a taxi ride in a Pious in Granada, it sorta makes sense in the
hilly towns. There were a lot of those things (hilly towns and Piouses)
around. I noticed when we were in it that a couple of people nearly
stepped out in front of it as they did not hear it coming at them. I
thought that
It's because someone in CA saw a fully-laden double-tandem semi
belching coal, and got all huffy.
Walt
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I took a taxi ride in a Pious in Granada, it sorta makes sense in the hilly
towns. There were a lot
Probably. The thing is, you can buy a 320CDI in an R, ML and a GL, why
not everything else? And the smaller diesel engines too, which I
presume act about the same as the 320CDI. Probably some sort of
marketing thing, maybe some emissions testing/validation issues too.
--R
On 7/14/11 8:51
They test diesel emissions at idle (or used to), neglecting the fuel
efficiency once at speed. So even though it takes half as much fuel to
get from point A to point B, since the idle emissions are higher
they're bad.
I can kinda see the point in dense urban stop/go, but compared to the
Great story on Planet Money (NPR program) this week about the economics of the
Prius relative to the social influence of driving a hybrid car.
Makes for a pretty interesting story on how our need for acceptance and/or
social standing influences our choices, as well as the economic impact of the
The Massholes also got on the Collyfawnya wagon and banned diesels some
years ago (after I left, fortunately, and went to Texas where I got
bit). Don't know if that has changed or not. Maybe we can get Bwawney
Fwank and Jon Carry to look into it when they have some time after
destroying the
Close Walt, but it was 40 years ago, a 2 stroke GM diesel that the
owner turned up the injection for more power and the brain
children of CARB KNOW all diesels are like that.
It's because someone in CA saw a fully-laden double-tandem semi
belching coal, and got all huffy.
Walt
On Thu, Jul
: Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Back in the US of A
It's because someone in CA saw a fully-laden double-tandem semi
belching coal, and got all huffy.
Walt
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I took a taxi ride in a Pious
Perhaps the new state of Southern California will break away from the land
of fruits and nuts and set a new standard of operation, while the old state
of fruits and nuts and all their regulations will drop into the ocean when
the san andreas finally works properly.
A.. I forgot... they are now
at 95F, never mind the daytime high of 106F...
~22mpg, abysmal, its not a very big car.
Why didn't we let Chrysler die?
-Curt
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:49:40 -0400
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] Back
Good times, enjoying a beautiful country while driving something new and
different. last trip to Italy we had a BMW diesel wagon, my nephew-in-law
drives an Alfa Romeo diesel sedan.
We won't see anything like those until the market demands it.
Max
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Strange comment as I had a 2005 E320CDI registered in CA for 5 years.
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On Jul 14, 2011, at 6:02 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
Probably. The thing is, you can buy a 320CDI in an R, ML and a GL, why not
everything else? And the smaller diesel
Sure we have some diesels here but the selection is extremely limited.
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On Jul 14, 2011, at 6:00 PM, John Freer mbfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Strange comment as I had a 2005 E320CDI registered in CA for 5 years.
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On Jul 14, 2011, at 6:02 AM, Rich Thomas
Did a little road trip around Spain and Portugal the last few days.
Rented a Peugeot 508 diesel wagon (had 8km on it when Avis gave it to
me) 6spd which was a very nice car and quite roomy. Very nice nav
system and graphics built in (I took a Tomtom with Iberian maps, but
ended up relying on
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
I still wonder why we can't get all these great cars here in the US --
One word: California
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We just get stuck with lame ass priuses here. God forbid we Americans embrace
a fuel efficient diesel.
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On Jul 13, 2011, at 10:49 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Did a little road trip around Spain and Portugal the last few days. Rented a
So should we hope for a mega earthquake in ca. The state will sink and we can
get our cars!
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On Jul 13, 2011, at 11:12 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net writes:
I still wonder why we can't get all these great cars
So true. Ridiculous I say. I love my diesels now, imagine if they got real
mileage like the Europeans cars do.
Mike
On Jul 13, 2011 11:29 PM, Dimitri Seretakis dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
We just get stuck with lame ass priuses here. God forbid we Americans
embrace a fuel efficient
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