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| Manxmodder:
Diesels drive badly and need gear shifts every half second? The diesels I've owned all have had a very broad spread of torque so no need changing gears quickly.....OZ |
| Arbalist:
Not sure where you are in the world Loply but a relative on the wife's side in Canada was showing off his wife's new Grand Cherokee to me the last time we visited. He popped the bonnet and that big Vee was running as smooth as silk. No idea what they're like but I was taken with the Dodge Ram 1500, bit too big for English roads though... |
| lordedmond:
--- Quote from: loply on May 05, 2015, 06:07:25 PM ---I never get diesel cars... they sound awful, they drive badly with gear shifts every half a second, they emit so much crap they actually seem to make themselves dirty I'm fortunate in that I'm now running a 6.3 AMG V8 which is about as far from a diesel as you can get, and I bloody love it :thumbup: --- End quote --- They make themselves dirty well I run a oil burning BMW and it never gets the back end grubby even the tail pipe is clean it's the one with the soot filter And to even think about comparing a AMG V8 6.3 is not a fair comparison IMHO yes I would run one if it did not drink petrol although I would still go for a BMW after the worst new car we ever had was a merc heap of junk but again not a AMG ,engine packed in after six weeks and it went down hill from there we the last straw complete engine failure in the outside lane of the M1 , so it was back to the beamers Just my take on it no offence intended to any poster Stuart |
| Swarfing:
--- Quote ---Diesels drive badly and need gear shifts every half second? The diesels I've owned all have had a very broad spread of torque so no need changing gears quickly.....OZ --- End quote --- Mmmmm let me see? My diesel has 3 gears (automatic), will pull a train and keep torque in all gears, will do over 500,000 miles (if serviced regularly). The point about RPM well in a diesel you can get the same POWER for a lot less RPM. Life is not always about speed, things just wear out quicker. OZ you are comparing apples and pears, it is speed or need not need for speed :beer: |
| DavidA:
Loply, .. if you can afford to pay that much surely the difference in fuel cost for the benefits of a petrol engine would be easy!.. If you don't mind burning off than your share of the worlds energy supply just because you have the money, then I can see your point. I could never see why people need huge engines when one a third the size is adequate. You must have some very bad Diesels in you part of the world. Dave |
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