Posted by Michelle Steiner on July 24, 2007, 8:52 pm
> However having said that, you will find that today's diesels are much
> more refined that those of 30 years ago, while still offering
> outstanding fuel economy. (Of course you knew that, you were simply
> being disingenuous.) All without hundreds of pounds of expensive
> batteries or a complex Rube Goldberg drivetrain, and of course a
> properly-designed diesel engine will run nearly forever by automotive
> standards.
Well, around here (the Phoenix area), except for about three months in
the Summer, Diesel fuel costs more than Premium gasoline. Fortunately,
the Prius doesn't have a Rube Goldberg drive train either. Don't forget
that there are a number of states where you can't buy a Diesel
automobile at all--namely, California, New York, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine and New Jersey.
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Posted by Mike Rosenberg on July 24, 2007, 11:56 am
> > In September, 2004, I bought a Prius for about the same price as a
> > comparably equipped Camry would have cost, and I've averaged 46 MPG
> > since then.
>
> About the same as a 30-year-old VW Rabbit diesel. Very impressive.
So the Rabbit has A/C, A/T and an interior as roomy as the Prius?
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Posted by richard schumacher on July 24, 2007, 7:52 pm
> > In September, 2004, I bought a Prius for about the same price as a
> > comparably equipped Camry would have cost, and I've averaged 46 MPG
> > since then.
>
> About the same as a 30-year-old VW Rabbit diesel.
The Rabbit was a smoky rattletrap.
Posted by Roger Blake on July 25, 2007, 11:31 am
schumacher wrote:
> The Rabbit was a smoky rattletrap.
You miss the point, little one. (The point being that the acclaimed
fuel efficiency of the Prius was reached decades ago using more
conventional technology. The shortcomings of those early diesels
have been overcome at this point in time.)
Hybrids make no sense.
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Posted by on July 25, 2007, 8:42 pm
> schumacher wrote:
>> The Rabbit was a smoky rattletrap.
> You miss the point, little one. (The point being that the acclaimed
> fuel efficiency of the Prius was reached decades ago using more
> conventional technology. The shortcomings of those early diesels
> have been overcome at this point in time.)
> Hybrids make no sense.
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I still find myself holding my breath and pass as soon as I can if I'm
following a diesel. They still burn my nostrils. And talk about a freakin'
racket when stopped next to one.
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> more refined that those of 30 years ago, while still offering
> outstanding fuel economy. (Of course you knew that, you were simply
> being disingenuous.) All without hundreds of pounds of expensive
> batteries or a complex Rube Goldberg drivetrain, and of course a
> properly-designed diesel engine will run nearly forever by automotive
> standards.