And the big update on diesels is that the emissions have been cut way
back, especially the carcinogenics associated with old designs.
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Willie Wonka wrote:
> Actually, the diesel engine has changed a lot since the 80's.
>
> It starts just as well in cold temperatures as itsgasoline
> counterparts, dozent stink anymore, it is more reliable and
> economical...
>
> I think what AG is hinting is that the Jeeps offered her equipped
> with diesel (Dizel) engines are coupled with crummy transmissions.
> One thing that he furgot to mention tho, is the fact that the real
> Jeeps really don't have this problem...:)
>
> The Liberty (aka Cherokee for the rest of the world), Patriot,
> Compass arent really Jeeps. They fall into the category of the
> Touareg, Land Rover etc. Cars that you haul your groceries with,
> take your girls to a soccer practice with, but cant really take out
> in the wilderness.
>
> Boris
>
> P.S. Yeah, I know...Real Jeeps are built not bought...:)
>
>
>
> Re: [OM] Photographing Police Officers - Clarification from No10
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> from Charles Geilfuss [Permanent Link]
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Photographing Police Officers - Clarification from
> No10
>
> From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:01:50 -0400
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> AG, Not sure why you would want a Jeep diesel. As you point out they
> are notoriously unreliable and don't get much better mileage than the
> gas powered v6. Is that little bit of extra torque rally worth the
> hassle?
>
> Charlie
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> The UK and continent also get a lot of very potent diesels that
>>> don't see the light of day over here.....
>>>
>> Oh, now that is something that absolutely fries my goat. I want a
>> Jeep with the diesel engine in it. The CRD works great everywhere
>> else in the world, but the one and only time they brought it into
>> the USA it resulted in 100% transmission failures.
>>
>> Why did it work on Euro version but not the USA version? Automatic
>> transmissions. Here in the USA you can't buy a Jeep with a manual
>> transmission and the automatics couldn't handle the torque.
>>
>> IDIOTS!
>>
>> It's this type of lunacy that makes me have absolutely no sympathy
>> for Chrysler or GM.
>>
>> Meanwhile GM is screwing around with that loser "Volt" when they
>> could achieve similar efficiencies with a decent little diesel.
>>
>> DON'T get me started.
>>
>> AG --
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