Re: [diesel_mercedes] Where has all the mileage gone, long time passing?

 

tree huggers,kill the diesel  engine.The ones that are left are so choked down with smog devices. --- On Mon, 1/31/11, Chip <czulli@gmail.com> wrote: From: Chip <czulli@gmail.com> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Where has all the mileage gone, long time passing? To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 8:05 AM   I just don't get it. In the early 80's I had a VW Rabbit diesel that could knock out 50mpg's on long trips. Even around town it would do better than 40mpg. So....we were able to generate that kind of economy 30 years ago, but there is almost nothing out there that can beat the fuel economy of a three decade old car design. Chip Turbo-less in Houston

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