Diesel All The Way

[Fujisan]

I get the feeling that some people don't like diesel quite as much as we do. :o

Have a read of post 2 in this thread.

Prius Owners

[anchorman]

I suppose that if you have lost somebody from a desease that MAY have had some sort of contribution to it, you might feel emotive about diesels but it in my opinion it is a very weak argument.

Petrols (even those with part time electric motors) give off some hideous emmisions and so do gas fires and boilers and lots of other day to day products that you can link with deseases. Petrols engines and hybrids may provide a suitable alternative for light vehicles but removing diesels from them is pretty pointless when there are still trucks running around.

I'm all for completely green vehicles but we have to wait a while before the are developed to a practical level. And as for taxing diesels an extra 3% and loading the price of diesel you only have to stand on a street corner anywhere in India to realise that it is just another stealth tax on us Brits.

Cheers

[dave.m]

I get the feeling that some people don't like diesel quite as much as we do. :o

Have a read of post 2 in this thread.

Prius Owners

read the reply on post no 8.

http://toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=71931

[Fujisan]

I get the feeling that some people don't like diesel quite as much as we do. :o

Have a read of post 2 in this thread.

Prius Owners

read the reply on post no 8.

http://toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=71931

Well done SteveL

That should shake up the Prius owners

[anchorman]

I used to work for a haulier with a fleet of Gardner engined Fodens and if you've ever seen the clag from just one of those things, let alone 25 of them..... you could cut it with a knife. Still here albeit with intermittent bouts of raving madnessssssssssssssss!!!!!!

We also used to blow out the asbestos dust from truck brake drums until the sunlight wouldn't shine through it and I've brazed several diesel tanks on the vehicle with diesel in (no, no not petrol).

I'm fed up with global warming and carbon foot prints and my mum is 93 and smokes 40 !Removed! a day.

So if anything I think my RAV and it's Euro IV diesel is a fairly concientious contribution to the welfare of my fellow human beings.

Regards

[Fujisan]

How's this for an engine!

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of Japan's Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken.

It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them.

The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version.

Full story here:Big ends!

[chatman]

:eek: :eek:

Now that's a Diesel.....Do the guy's stay inside the engine when it's built...just to lubricate the moving parts... :lol:

Almost as powerful as the RAV T180 then.. :unsure:

[dave.m]

Must be a doddle to work on

[sywy]

Do the D4D DCAT engines kick out black smoke? This is my first diesel, and can't say I've ever noticed anything in my rear view mirror.

[chatman]

can't say I've ever noticed anything in my rear view mirror.

:lol: That's because it's blacked out by all the smoke :lol:

[sywy]

LOL :D

[anchorman]

Do the D4D DCAT engines kick out black smoke? This is my first diesel, and can't say I've ever noticed anything in my rear view mirror.

A lot less than most other vehicles but still will under load. Probably the only time you would notice is when you are gunning it up hill in the dark with something following you. Look in the driver door mirror and you will see it in the headlight of the following vehicle.

You probably won't see it often as not much can keep up with a T180 when it is being gunned - even up hill!!!!!!

[chatman]

Had email flyer from Hummer

H3 SE 3.7 (244bhp) and includes Artic Silver metallic paint at £670. Total cost £27,165 OTR

In small print at bottom was this snipet...... :eek: :eek:

Official Government Test Enviro Data for HUMMER H3 Range. Fuel Consumption MPG (litres/100km): Urban Manual 15.3 (18.5) Automatic 15.1 (18.7); Extra urban Manual 25.6 (11.0) Automatic 23.3 (12.1); Combined Manual 20.4 (13.8) Automatic 19.5 (14.5). CO2 Emission (g/km) Manual 327 Automatic 346.

[Fujisan]

Don't know how you can resist at that price! ;)

And it's so light on the juice as well!

Buy two, his 'n' her's, they're a bargin! :D

[anchorman]

Probabaly got that Jap ship engine in it!

[Sussex_Paul]

We'll wait with baited breath for news of your impending Hummer order then Chatman!!!

At least Jeremy Clarkson would be proud of you!!

[chatman]

We'll wait with baited breath for news of your impending Hummer order then Chatman!!!

At least Jeremy Clarkson would be proud of you!!

Driven one in the US of A and Green in colour...awesome vehicles...........

To drive one here would be financial suicide....or need to be a ugly shrek lookalike football player to drive one....And I would want one with 32" spinners as well..so there.... :P :P :P :P

[Fujisan]

or need to be a ugly shrek lookalike football player to drive one

I wonder who you mean

Maybe he can get Oasis to paint it Man City blue to match the guitar they did for him

[chatman]

or need to be a ugly shrek lookalike football player to drive one

I wonder who you mean

Maybe he can get Oasis to paint it Man City blue to match the guitar they did for him

He would buy the DAMN UGLY one I posted earlier...........In case you missed just how awfully ugly they both are....Here's a reminder...

Shrek above....and his chariot below........... :sick: :sick:

[Fujisan]

Please do you have to post that picture again..............I haven't had my breakfast yet

[Manxrav]

Bet you even Shrek feals insulted!!!!!

Mind you I,m prejudiced anyway being a LFC reds fan

Clare

YNWA

[Fujisan]

Bet you even Shrek feals insulted!!!!!

It's enough to an Ogre green!

[Fujisan]

"Bentley has said it is unlikely to produce diesel models, even though key competitors such as Porsche are bringing them to market.

According to a senior company source, Bentley has been conducting customer clinics to ask buyers what they think of diesel models - and most have been opposed to the idea.

He added that the company is also opposed to the idea for business reasons: “a lot of our cars are sold in the US and Asia and these are not diesel markets. We cannot make it stand up just developing a diesel model for Europe.”

Instead Bentley is forging ahead with plans to have its entire range capable of running on called second-generation biofuels made from waste material, rather than food stocks, by 2012. The company is currently developing an all-new engine which will power the next generation Arnage and Continental models. "

I remember a similar statement made by Porsche once upon a time!

[Hoovie]

I believe Rolls-Royce are looking at alternative fuel vehicles as well.

They have a prototype that runs on Grouse Droppings ^_^