All ActivityMost RecentMost LikesSolutionsRe: Diesel vs gas...................... My German friend tells me no one drives a diesel car on the Autobon freeway,the can't keep up. (Just my two cents) That's very interesting. We hosted a foreign exhange student from Germany 3 years ago. His father owned a taxi firm, and most of their taxi's were diesel powered Mercedes Benz. He never mentioned any problem with driving them on the autobahn and I know for a fact that they used them out there regularly. In fact, he said that they can move right along with the fast traffic, pulling over only for the sports cars that are really hauling. Maybe a little VW diesel would run into problems, but there's no reason that any engine, regardless of engine type, couldn't maintain autobahn-type speeds when equipped with the proper gearing. Looks like our german friends need to get together and compare stories my friend says don't drive your diesel on the autobaun unless you want head lights blinking in your mirror.Re: Diesel vs gas......................My German friend tells me no one drives a diesel car on the Autobon freeway,the can't keep up. (Just my two cents)Re: Diesel vs gas......................Some thing tells me Bert P knows what he's talking about which is not always the case on this forum.Re: Diesel vs gas......................HIDE POUNDER A big 10-4 on all your comments,what if us gassers put a gear splitter behand the tranny,could we keep up with the pds's?.Bert? Yea shut off those diesels after five minute warm ups at 5:00 am.Re: Diesel vs gas......................Thanks for the reply Bert,guess i'll forget the turbo.Re: Diesel vs gas......................Am I the only one on this forum that has noticed everone is comparing turbo charged diesel engines to non turbo charged gas engines.? How well would my old f-250 with a 460 c.i.do against a psd If I got it turbo charged.? BERT ?Re: Diesel vs gas......................PSDExcursion I guess your reply means you idel for a half hour befor pulling out of the camp ground??????.Re: Diesel vs gas......................HEY DIESEL GUYS,GIVE US BREAK IN THE CAMP GROUNDS AND STOP IDELING YOUR DIESEL ENGINES FOR A HALF HOUR PRIOR TO PULLING OUT OF THE CAMP GROUNDS. THE NEWER DIESEL ENGINES NEED ONLY FIVE MINUTES FOR WARM UP. ALSO YOU WON'T BE POLUTING THE AIR. THANKS
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