NQ, Have you seriously checked the price of diesel lately??? My calculations show that it is 12% above the cost of unleaded. (here in arkansas)
If I drive a prius and get 50 mpg on unleaded then I need to drive a diesel that gets 56 mpg to match the premium price. Not gonna happen in this world. A guy that works for me has a brand new Jetta diesel and gets only 44mpg on the hiway and still pays $3.76 at the pump while I pay $3.35(as of today). CNG and propane...yes... If you check, you will find a conversion for a bus that was done back in the 60's I think....still looked good to me as it required minimal changes. BTW, did you know that Honda sells a CNG car right now? 27-38mpg http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-natural-gas/?ef_id=1rBPKV0LEW0AAIpv:20120223141429:s Looked it up for you: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Transportation/1972-05-01/Propane-Conversion.aspx Cheers, dave ------------------ "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."-James Dean On Thu, 23 Feb 2012, No Quarter wrote: > I failed to mention too that Viton fuel line is used on methanol-powered > racing bikes. Marine supply places sell a gray fuel line that is > alcohol-resistant and even more per foot from the places I saw online. I > didn't realize the government was mandating alcohol supplements in the fuel. > That just decreases mileage and raises tax dollars - oh did I say that? :-/ > > Propane and diesel conversions are sounding better all the time... > > NQ > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
