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

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

And you can only guess at the advances being made in the last 10 years over 
here on the modern diesel. VW has a new V6 diesel for the VW/Audi range. BMW 
and Merc make great engines. I am not ready for a diesel in my "fun" cars but 
for day to day use when the huge torque and great mileage matters, a diesel is 
a 
no brainer. Another interesting thing, my 2.0 diesel BMW 320d from 2 years 
ago needed its FIRST oil change and service at 27,000 miles! That is on the BMW 
computer in the car. 27,000 miles! Pretty good I thought for cost of 
ownership.

Unfortunately compared to the UK where diesel is at every pump the US doesn't 
have quite as good availability of diesel at all stations as over here if I 
remember correctly. That will also affect uptake of diesel cars.

How about the Ferrari diesel? Anybody else here about this?

Britt



> Let me add to reports about a surprisingly pleasant experience with  
> diesels. 
> Ten years ago my wife and I and another couple rented a  turbo-diesel Alfa 
> Romeo for a 15 day holiday all through the wine producing  areas of France.  
> 
> Aside from a bit more noise when the car first was  started in the morning, 
> the 
> performance and ease of use of the car was every bit  as good as a a 
> gasoline 
> powered car.  The fact that the mileage was far  better and the cost of the 
> fuel itself far lower than for gas made it a great  experience.  Of course 
> the 
> fuel cost differential was due to different tax  policies, but the fuel 
> economy 
> alone was worthwhile.
> 
> BTW. ethanol is a bad, but expensive, joke being played by  politiicians who 
> 
> are influenced by the farm lobby.
> 
> John
> 
> In a message dated 6/24/2007 8:23:42 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> rentiers [at] mac.com writes:
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 



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