I understand the importance of diesel engines in trucks, light and heavy duty. Longevity,
torque and mileage but the drawbacks in passenger automobiles baffles me as to what people spend the high initial cost and even higher repair cost in the DR
What are the great advantages in diesel cars (Beside the obvious ability to run 200,000 without major but new gas engines are doing that now)
I have to admit diesels have come along way, on a visit to DR around 9 years ago two friends and I rented a Nissan 4x4 Crew cab went to fuel up and Mike said ?Hey , this thing is a diesel? didn?t believe him until we got out and looked at filler cap and then popped hood. No ?diesel sound,? no smell, no lack of power it was a good fit for us as we were off road and lot and crossed many rivers that could have flooded out a gas engine
Disadvantages I see are
Heavier
Higher repair costs
Lack of suitable fuel
Produce more heat
The longevity I question in the DR as very few drive the 1,000 plus miles per week to see that advantage
From what I have read, lack of quality fuel is a killer in the DR Large truck engines can better filter and digest ?crap? but the injection systems in cars are finicky
20 years ago diesel was about 50% of the cost of gas, now it is usualy priced over even premimum (In teh states anyways)
Maybe people just like the idea they have a diesel?
torque and mileage but the drawbacks in passenger automobiles baffles me as to what people spend the high initial cost and even higher repair cost in the DR
What are the great advantages in diesel cars (Beside the obvious ability to run 200,000 without major but new gas engines are doing that now)
I have to admit diesels have come along way, on a visit to DR around 9 years ago two friends and I rented a Nissan 4x4 Crew cab went to fuel up and Mike said ?Hey , this thing is a diesel? didn?t believe him until we got out and looked at filler cap and then popped hood. No ?diesel sound,? no smell, no lack of power it was a good fit for us as we were off road and lot and crossed many rivers that could have flooded out a gas engine
Disadvantages I see are
Heavier
Higher repair costs
Lack of suitable fuel
Produce more heat
The longevity I question in the DR as very few drive the 1,000 plus miles per week to see that advantage
From what I have read, lack of quality fuel is a killer in the DR Large truck engines can better filter and digest ?crap? but the injection systems in cars are finicky
20 years ago diesel was about 50% of the cost of gas, now it is usualy priced over even premimum (In teh states anyways)
Maybe people just like the idea they have a diesel?