Vmware does this already with power management, which is the same as heat in the end. It is something citrix xen also does and should not be very hard to get kvm to do.
The reason you haven't seen more diesel use in passenger cars is primarily because you don't ever leave the USA. Diesel passenger cars are quite common outside the USA.
If you could get a car body not made out of steel the diesel would be a real winner. Rust sucks. Even a modern Japanese gasoline car engine will outlive the body.
Eww. I hate having to have my shift approved by the committee. Which is what it feels like in a paddle shift car. You do know better than the car. It has no idea that a hill is coming up, or that you just hit the apex of the hill, or that you need to stay in lower gear going down a steep grade to avoid boiling the brakes.
Any idea why automatics are built the way they are? It seems like a computer controlled manual should be build-able. Have the same transmission, just shift it via pneumatics or electronics.
The gained mileage is more than making up for the cost of fuel. As to your first point, diesels last a lot longer than gas cars, in the USA that won't matter as people love to be in debt for cars.
Not at all. A manual in a car without 200+ horsepower is a big advantage. Not everyone wants to get 12 mpg just so they can avoid learning to drive a car. An automatic can't know a steep grade is coming soon and to shift down early, by the time it shifts it is already too late. Sure you never notice in your mustang, but those of us with normal cars sure do. An automatic also can't shift down and coast in gear to slow as you come to a red light. Instead it lets you coast without engine breaking and you get to use the brakes for no good reason.
Red dye diesel is high sulfur. These are high pressure injection engines, they are not going to like that. Any savings at the pump will be spent at the mechanic.
If only I could find one at a reasonable price. The only used VW golf TDI within 150 miles is at 90k miles and they want $10,000 for it. The mileage does not worry me, but it being a 2002 does. The dealer wants $30k for a new one. That is BMW money not VW money. As someone who buys cars in cash, it is also too expensive for me.Sticker seems to be around $24,000 which is still way too much for such a small car that is going to rust. This is compared to the FIAT 500 for 15k.
I would pay huge amounts if someone made the following car, aluminum chassis and Turbo Diesel.
Comparing a 99 SW2 and a 2011 cruse on only mileage is not fair. I am sure the newer one is safer, more comfortable, quieter and meets a whole host of other requirements your SW2 did not have too. Before comparing MPG at least compare curb weight. Your SW2 is under 2400lbs and the cruze is over 3100.
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By good use they mean shakedown someone actually producing a product. You did not think they actually wanted to get things made did you?
The KKK will not accept catholics. Southern Baptists are the Christian sect you were looking for.
Mod me troll, but facts prove me insightful.
This was a crime perpetrated by a Christian, you racists.
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That seems far more reasonable. Not going to see the same amount of shearing load on that part I bet.
Vmware does this already with power management, which is the same as heat in the end. It is something citrix xen also does and should not be very hard to get kvm to do.
Is this the wait to see if the committee approved your shift style thing, like paddle shifters?
That's easy. The third planet from Sol has huge oceans of the stuff, and rivers of it that don't contain much salt at all.
Yeah, the highest gear. Which means you lose almost all engine braking. So enjoy your 0 fuel use while you wear out your brakes.
WTF!?!
So on a $25k car they decide to save $10 and make that plastic instead of steel?
The reason you haven't seen more diesel use in passenger cars is primarily because you don't ever leave the USA. Diesel passenger cars are quite common outside the USA.
If you had actually played Gran Turismo you would not be knocking it and the parent would not have made this mistake.
Why does Subaru not make a diesel? Diesel WRX but with an aluminum body/chassis, would be practically a dream car.
a steel piston in an aluminum bore
So that was designed to enlarge the bore with age?
If you could get a car body not made out of steel the diesel would be a real winner. Rust sucks. Even a modern Japanese gasoline car engine will outlive the body.
Probably due to your defective criminal genetics.
Sorry, you walked into that one.
Eww. I hate having to have my shift approved by the committee. Which is what it feels like in a paddle shift car. You do know better than the car. It has no idea that a hill is coming up, or that you just hit the apex of the hill, or that you need to stay in lower gear going down a steep grade to avoid boiling the brakes.
The transmission linkage is plastic?
That is why I always stick to tires, much cheaper.
You are comparing the wrong thing. You should compare Co2 released per mile of travel as opposed to per gallon of fuel.
In the USA people drive about 12000 miles per year, which is about 20000 km.
Any idea why automatics are built the way they are? It seems like a computer controlled manual should be build-able. Have the same transmission, just shift it via pneumatics or electronics.
The gained mileage is more than making up for the cost of fuel. As to your first point, diesels last a lot longer than gas cars, in the USA that won't matter as people love to be in debt for cars.
Not at all. A manual in a car without 200+ horsepower is a big advantage. Not everyone wants to get 12 mpg just so they can avoid learning to drive a car. An automatic can't know a steep grade is coming soon and to shift down early, by the time it shifts it is already too late. Sure you never notice in your mustang, but those of us with normal cars sure do. An automatic also can't shift down and coast in gear to slow as you come to a red light. Instead it lets you coast without engine breaking and you get to use the brakes for no good reason.
Red dye diesel is high sulfur. These are high pressure injection engines, they are not going to like that. Any savings at the pump will be spent at the mechanic.
If only I could find one at a reasonable price. The only used VW golf TDI within 150 miles is at 90k miles and they want $10,000 for it. The mileage does not worry me, but it being a 2002 does. The dealer wants $30k for a new one. That is BMW money not VW money. As someone who buys cars in cash, it is also too expensive for me.Sticker seems to be around $24,000 which is still way too much for such a small car that is going to rust. This is compared to the FIAT 500 for 15k.
I would pay huge amounts if someone made the following car, aluminum chassis and Turbo Diesel.
Comparing a 99 SW2 and a 2011 cruse on only mileage is not fair. I am sure the newer one is safer, more comfortable, quieter and meets a whole host of other requirements your SW2 did not have too. Before comparing MPG at least compare curb weight. Your SW2 is under 2400lbs and the cruze is over 3100.