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Hmm, I used to refuel very large orange and white vehicles that used purple fuel...115/145 octane avgas (sure did have to advance your timing a lot to use it in a car :D ) Rodg

I seem to remember the first wankel engined car as the NSU Prinz...which reminds me of the old joke...the wankel wasn't working out in the Prinz, so a really good reliable engine was sourced to replaceit. The engine was the Plymouth Valiant's slant six, thus giving rise to the Prinz Valiant...

A lifetime ago I flew a medivac. A car wreck, and a family was burned in their car. As loud as a helicopter is, we could still hear them screaming. I haven't had a gas car since. Slow to warm up? That's what heated seats are for. To heck with egr and CCV mods. Let the dealer service it. Why...

2004 Beetle and 2005 wagon on B99 for over a year, no problems at all. Power down a bit, mileage off a bit but that will soon be cured...stay tuned. Oh, VW employees...only kidding. Rodg

Seen on a Jaguar... "The parts that fall off of this car are of the highest quality British workmanship" Seen on a Ford diesel pickup... "Avoid booze, it spoils your aim when shooting at politicians"

Just based on the amount of fuel used, the TDI's are going about twice as far as the hybrids...of course that may be realistic as they are a lot more fun to drive! Rodg

Stirling Moss was once asked why he would not downshift prior to entering a corner and use compression braking...he answered that engines and transmissions were designed to make the car go, and brakes designed to slow and stop the car. Of course he was driving a Formula 1 Lotus, not a Kenworth...

You can also get a Cessna 172 or a Piper Cherokee fitted out with a 4 banger Mercedes diesel,FADEC, fancy new prop, keep the same tanks and double your range. Last I heard the firewall forward install was around $60,000:mad: , but a bit tempting anyway. Rodg

Just a quick note...2002 Jetta TDI automatic now with daughter #2, my wife and I had it for 40,000 miles just started getting good mileage. Daughter lives in Snohomish, works at Boeing Everett plant...about 10 miles one way. She's getting 38-40 unless she takes it on a longer trip. Sorry to...

Having a bit of a time getting VW to acknowlege a problem with my wife's 2004 New Beetle TDI. It is a 5 speed with dreams of becoming a Ford flathead...let me explain. When warmed up, accelteration proceeds normally, car drives fine, BUT, the sound is weird. Say you are in 3rd gear at 1500 rpm...

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Keep in mind that peoples expectations for cars may differ greatly. For instance, if I had a GM car and the door fell off, I wouldn't find that remarkable. If my Audi had a rattle, I would befind that remarkable indeed. Rodg

Why in blazes would I want to put a tank of gas in my VW? Most of us here have the correct engine, and use diesel, either animal or vegetable.With a full tank we could cruise to Spokane and back, plus back and forth to work for the rest of the week. Rodg

For those of us on the eastside, BD has been a bit tough...pay $4.25 per gallon at the Chevron on SE 16th in Bellevue, or gird your loins for the running of the 520 gauntlet into Seattle to vist the illustrious Dr Dan. We now have the "Green Car Company" in Totem Lake selling B99 for $2.99 re...

Tdi\'s and pilots OK OK I'll lead the confessions...the real reason pilots drive TDI's is to save money so we can afford to fly! Did about 4000hours as aircrewman in the USCG, now I'm in first chair. Looking forward to a Zoche diesel in a Savannah or CH701. UMMM UMMM good. Rodg

One of the first things we need to do to get back on the right track is to make lobbying a capital crime. 8^) Balance the budget, adhere to "mirror' trade policies, hold boards of directors and corporate officers criminally liable for the actions and inactions, give politicians national average...

Re: It\'s here: Gasoline overtakes Diesel in price! Just got off the phone with my former business partner, he's currently working at Goldman Sachs. Their economists are looking at oil prices end of this year over $100 per barrel. Both China and India are increasing oil consumption over 20%...

Just a quick little correction to the previous versions of the Carter Reagan years. Interest rates rose drammatically primarily due to the growth in deficits brought on by increasing spending and decreasing taxes (sound familiar?). It was not a politician that pulled our chestnuts out of the...

I pay up to $1.50 more per gallon for BD. I guess some of my justification is that I hated fighting in a useless war in VN, so why should I add to the oil consumption the political a$$wholes use as justification to send the kids to the mideast. Rodg

I was at the dealer's Tuesday. Looked over the new Jetta. I really liked the darned thing until I walked around front. Holy '57 Buick Batman! Just a personal thing, I dislike chrome on cars. Chrome makes a great plating on the inside of cylinders for airplanes. Hey, maybe that's why I like...