Where I live there is no competition between petrol an diesel. The roads are often flooded for several days at a time and a damp petrol car won't run. I always look for vehicles with the air intake on the top of the engine as well.
Work-wise petrol engines can't match the torque characteristics of a diesel engine, so floods or not, it will always be diesel for me. H --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Hakan Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/
