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Originally Posted by fennj
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Yep, your linked worked fine - and there's an equally informative video on the 2.2 i-CTDi engine too...
Enough guys!
Surely one of the reasons there is both a
VTEC and a diesel option is that there's more than one type of driver (leaving marketing reasons aside!) - and I don't buy the 'old man' image of current diesel cars either, as although I'm now on my sixth decade I've competed in both circuit racing and rallying at both national and international level and it ain't out of my system yet - I get a real hit out of using a car somewhere close to its maximum where and when I can (not always to the amusement of my passenger!).
There is a reason diesel engine R&D is producing great driving experiences in current cars and it hinges around enviromental/political issues - the governments in both the UK and elsewhere have and are putting their weight behind biofuel alternatives to current
petrol blends because they have to be seen to be doing
something, but it is a sham!! The engine designers of the world know better and are putting their money on diesel engines until something better is viable.
I have the misfortune to be intimately involved in the design and construction of one of the very large plants currently being designed (for a company called B*) to produce the
petrol that has to be sold to us from Jan 1st 2010, and I can tell you that that the fuel will be c**p - way less efficient as fuel, so your tank of petrol ain't going to go anywhere near as many miles, plus the fact that the plant that produces it will exhaust close to 41 tonnes of CO2/hour in the act of producing it.........
One of the great experiences of my life was owning two Lancia Delta Integrales (don't know it? - look it up!!!) - good old fashioned petrolhead automotive engineering at its best - quicker than any Ferrari cross country - but forget it, the petrol engine has a limited life in current form, and also forget the prejudices about diesels until something more acceptable comes along -like it or not, diesel engines is, and will be where it's at for a while yet.......
...and, if my bosses see this - I'm sacked!!
