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Originally Posted by mrlizzzard
Clean diesel,dirty diesel humbug!Europe enjoys a diesel over gas advantage by 65%.Yes 65% of vehicles are diesel currently.The clean diesel fuel is more of an oil company ruse than anything else.
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It all depends on the cost. In Europe gasoline costs 4X of disel fuel. In Israel disel cars are heavily taxed, so, nobody has them. In USA disel is more expensive than even Super (93). Untill it costs the same as regular grade gasoline, there is no economical advantage. There is no way you would get 800 miles per tank. 1-2 miles extra per galon, maybe. My friend's Disel Suburban still gets 15-16 miles per galon and not 30. Also, disel engine is more expensive to maintain and we really lack mechanics who know how to fix them. I mean really know how to fix disels. To me it is a huge disadvantage. There are people that just like disels in general. I once new a guy who would only have disel. He had a collection of 4 disel cars that looked like junk. Everyone thought he was crazy.