It is no real merit to this argument. I had diesel cars for the last 26 years. But even when I financed my studies by driving taxi in Stockholm some 40 years ago, the diesel taxis engines last 3 to 5 times longer than gasoline. The famous London Cab is a diesel car. In todays diesels it is even difficult to know as passenger, if it is diesel or not. As driver you know because of the heating light before startup (5 seconds). It is no real considerations, the diesel engine will last longer and work better.
Hakan At 01:11 AM 12/11/2002 +0000, you wrote: >I live in city of about 130,000 people. I'm looking at buying a >diesel and using biodiesel for fuel. I have a question though >about the praticalities of owning and using a diesel in an urban >environment. > >I wasrecently warned against buying a diesel engine-based >vehicle if the vehicle's primary use is mainly short trips (i.e. in a >city). The main reason given was that diesels are meant to be >driven long distances (i.e highways). To drive a diesel in-town on >short trips, is to basiclly have a vehicle that dies out sooner than >a gasoline powered vehicle. My question is whether accelerated >deterioration would be linked to carbon build-up within typical >diesels (my understanding is that biodiesel eliminates this >build-up) > >Does anyone know or can explain the differences between the >two types of engines and tell me whether there is any merit to >this caveat? Are there any other considerations needed to be >kept in mind when thinking diesel within the urban framework? > >Thanks > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
