Comments on: Why Your Next Car Will Be A Diesel http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:23:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: 2009 BMW X5 xDrive 35d Review | Just For Guys http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-63016 2009 BMW X5 xDrive 35d Review | Just For Guys Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:28:48 +0000 http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-63016 [...] Why Your Next Car Will Be A Diesel [...] [...] Why Your Next Car Will Be A Diesel [...]

]]> By: Eric Yang http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24492 Eric Yang Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:11:45 +0000 http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24492 Really good points on all accounts. Our impassioned argument for diesel perhaps more lies in the fact that we've driven diesel vehicles for some time and always enjoyed the "seat-of-your-pants" experience. Nothing like torque to make you smile. As for the cost of diesel - a lot of vehicles we've drive have netted more than 20% increase in economy, especially on the highway where we've seen up to 50% increases. Just something to consider. Really good points on all accounts. Our impassioned argument for diesel perhaps more lies in the fact that we’ve driven diesel vehicles for some time and always enjoyed the “seat-of-your-pants” experience. Nothing like torque to make you smile.

As for the cost of diesel - a lot of vehicles we’ve drive have netted more than 20% increase in economy, especially on the highway where we’ve seen up to 50% increases. Just something to consider.

]]> By: promonkey http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24431 promonkey Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:39:17 +0000 http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24431 The problem I see is the price. Diesel is $3.88 here, and regular gas is $3.28. That's (off the top of my head) a little under 20% markup. So much of the mileage improvement is wiped by the price of Diesel. Now if Diesel was sold at regular unleaded prices, then hell yeah! The problem I see is the price. Diesel is $3.88 here, and regular gas is $3.28. That’s (off the top of my head) a little under 20% markup. So much of the mileage improvement is wiped by the price of Diesel.

Now if Diesel was sold at regular unleaded prices, then hell yeah!

]]> By: Brad http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24413 Brad Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:47:12 +0000 http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24413 That's all true about ethanol. Too bad since we already use corn products(corn syrup, corn starch, etc) in the vast majority of food products we consume, pretty much everything in the grocery store will become much more expensive if ethanol fuel ever becomes a mass market commodity. That’s all true about ethanol. Too bad since we already use corn products(corn syrup, corn starch, etc) in the vast majority of food products we consume, pretty much everything in the grocery store will become much more expensive if ethanol fuel ever becomes a mass market commodity.

]]> By: Mike Payne http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24409 Mike Payne Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:05:52 +0000 http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24409 Hey guys! Very interesting read. In what little time I have left over from GearCrave, I'm a biofuel and alternative engine technology nut. Another option instead of a hybrid or a diesel is just to mod your own car to run on flexible fuels. Its as easy as changing a windshield wiper blade, as cheap as $250 for a 4-cylinder engine, then your car can run on gasoline, ethanol or methanol. So at my local gas pump, where E85 ethanol is available for $2.50 a gallon, I can fuel my car with that as opposed to $4.00 gasoline... Ethanol is cleaner, healthier for your engine, cheaper and made right here in the US, not imported from a country that hates our guts. Here's a guest article I wrote for Gas2.org in case you're interested... http://gas2.org/2008/08/11/beyond-obama-a-biofuel-stimulus-for-president/ Hey guys!
Very interesting read. In what little time I have left over from GearCrave, I’m a biofuel and alternative engine technology nut.

Another option instead of a hybrid or a diesel is just to mod your own car to run on flexible fuels. Its as easy as changing a windshield wiper blade, as cheap as $250 for a 4-cylinder engine, then your car can run on gasoline, ethanol or methanol. So at my local gas pump, where E85 ethanol is available for $2.50 a gallon, I can fuel my car with that as opposed to $4.00 gasoline…

Ethanol is cleaner, healthier for your engine, cheaper and made right here in the US, not imported from a country that hates our guts.

Here’s a guest article I wrote for Gas2.org in case you’re interested…
http://gas2.org/2008/08/11/beyond-obama-a-biofuel-stimulus-for-president/

]]> By: Vik http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24402 Vik Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:55:05 +0000 http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/09/03/why-your-next-car-will-be-a-diesel/#comment-24402 What sucks is that diesel 'gels' in colder climates, and can cause (expensive) problems for the vehicle enduring these conditions. So, I would say diesel has it's vast benefits but it also has its downsides! What sucks is that diesel ‘gels’ in colder climates, and can cause (expensive) problems for the vehicle enduring these conditions. So, I would say diesel has it’s vast benefits but it also has its downsides!

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