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Old June 21st 05, 07:08 PM
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Last year I was in the UK and had a 90 minute ride to the airport in a
Chrysler diesel minivan. The only way I knew it was a diesel was because
the driver told me so. It was quiet, no smell, and acceleration was no
different (from a passenger point of view) than gasoline engine.


"Dori A Schmetterling" > wrote in message
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> Much better fuel economy, esp in city driving. That's why even in the UK,
> which has been traditionally anti-diesel, the diesel car is on the rapid
> rise, despite the fact that the price of the fuel is about the same as
> petrol.
>
> You'll have to update your view on smell when you see modern engines run
> on modern, low-sulfur fuel.
>
> DAS
>
> For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
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>
> "MoPar Man" > wrote in message
> ...
> [...]
> I don't know why you'd buy a car with a diesel
>> engine these days. They're noisy and they stink.
>>

> [...]
>
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