Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari is racing a DIESEL!!! mileage -some are more equal than others

[ken rentiers (rentiers]

Britt:

I cruised the French Autoroutes in a Peugeot diesel some years back,  
and was amazed at how nice the car was. I can only imagine how the  
current iterations must be. As you must know the US has gone to low- 
sulfur diesel fuel so we are now seeing the early introduction of  
these cars except in the most "progressive" states where they are  
planning on banning all internal combustion. In California there is a  
bill before the house in Sacramento to prohibit oxidative reactions  
of any description - the Equine Assistance Act.

Actually, they are all Equine Asses in the CA house imho.

Best,

ken

On Jun 24, 2007, at 7:26 AM, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote:

> > I wish to point out that it costs the same amount to buy and refine
> > petroleum in the UK as the US. The difference in price is all taxes.
> > They want you out of your cars and on the bus. Travel schedules are
> > conveniently posted.
>
>
>    Yes and Ken you couldn't be more correct. The government here  
> wants no personal freedom, is anti-car, and wants everyone on  
> public transport EVEN THOUGH public transport is a shambles which  
> is why it isn't used more here. When I drove to London on Friday I  
> would have much preferred the train due to traffic and the rain but  
> a train ticket would have cost me DOUBLE what the cost of driving  
> was. (even with the tax's).
>
> That said I would still buy a diesel regardless because for an  
> every day car the torque is fantastic and even if I was paying US  
> prices for fuel, you can't beat 40+mpg in a German luxury car! I  
> drive 1000 miles a week on business and instead of having to fill  
> up the car every two days its about every 4 days. Little things  
> like that add up. The CO2 is debatable but regardless the new  
> diesels put out SIGNIFICANTLY less CO than a few years ago. So if  
> there is just a chance it is causing harm, with the amount I drive  
> at least I am doing less harm (for what that is worth...)
>
> Diesel Ferrari
>
> From the FOC comes reports of a Diesel Sports Racer testing at  
> Fiorano that runs on Bio-Diesel.  Thought to be set to run in LMP2  
> at Le Mans next year the car has been outsourced to a UK builder  
> using a modified Alfa engine rebadged as a Ferrari (the Alfa 2.4  
> JTD engine). Its expected to put out 400hp. A picture of the car is  
> featured in the latest FOC UK newsletter.....
>
>
> BR in the UK
> 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
> 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)
> Searching for the right 512TR
> 2003 BMW 530d