Actually, you didn't get the latest memo, that dually pickup truck now has a 5.9-6.7L straight-6 or a 6.0-6.6L V8. And it runs on diesel, and has stacks coming out the back, and has been modified such that it can waste most muscle cars in a race, and puts out enough smoke that it can turn night into day.;)
But, yes, any Golf/Rabbit (or Jetta - same thing with a trunk) except the 1st and 4th generation can rather easily fit four 6 foot tall adults - in comfort. I know, because I've done it. (The 4th generation... the back seat is USELESS.)
And, even those low pressure pumps (somewhere in the 1800-2500 PSI range) have issues with WVO... I've read a few threads over on MercedesShop talking about pumps that've been killed by WVO.
Most likely 74 miles per IMPERIAL gallon... closer to 60 miles per US gallon.
And, the Polo is a size class smaller than the Golf. The Golf is considered a family car in Europe (although here, the Rabbit (which is just the name the Golf is marketed under in the US) is considered a compact car.)
You can easily get four 6-foot tall adults in a current-generation Golf/Rabbit. Try that in a Polo, I dare you.
VW has had various diesel-electric hybrid prototypes since 1987, many of them under the name "Golf Elektro-Hybrid." (Based on a couple different generations of Golf, of course.)
In fact... they actually put one into production weeks after Toyota put the first Prius into production - the Audi A4 Duo, in (IIRC) October 1997. It was the first European hybrid, and the first diesel-electric hybrid passenger car in production.
For hybrids, the ECE cycle turns in numbers similar to EPA 2008 numbers. (Which, for hybrids, are actually accurate)
For gasoline cars, it usually turns in numbers higher than EPA 2008 numbers, and comparable to EPA 1985 numbers. (Which, for regular gasoline cars, are actually accurate.)
For diesel cars, it usually turns in numbers higher than EPA 1985 numbers. (Which, for diesel cars, are actually accurate.)
Rule #2 of buying a VW: The only reason to go to the dealer is if you're buying the car new. Possible exception is for parts, but even then, the online places are better. For service, run the hell away from the dealer.
Anyway, VW dealers are HORRIBLE about replacing turbochargers for minor issues. They get paid a lot of money for it, so...
Rule #1 of buying a VW is to take rule #1 of using a Microsoft OS (wait until the first service pack has come out,) and replace "first service pack" with "second model year.";)
First, I'll note that Gothmolly was wrong about the injection pressure on the Pumpe-Duese TDIs. It's 30,000 PSI, not 20,000. The common rail TDIs will be about 30,000 PSI as well.
Anyway, there's many problems. First is the viscosity of the vegetable oil. It's thick enough that the pump (or pumps in the PD cars) has to work a *LOT* harder to pump it, stressing it beyond the design specifications.
Second is... once you heat it to even get it close to the correct viscosity, it loses its ability to properly cool the fuel system.
Third is... in the injectors, the extreme heat there causes it to break down into its component fatty acids and glycerin... which then cokes on the injectors. When that happens, the spray pattern of the injectors is worsened, which can cause streams of fuel to hit things in the engine... causing major damage.
Look on TDIClub in the Alternative Diesel Fuels forum... there are various threads showing pictures of the carnage that WVO can cause.
(And, to the GP, cleaning the fuel filter means throwing it out and putting a new one in.)
FWIW, there are non-fuel-injected, carbeurated diesels. They're mainly in model airplanes.;) Indirect injection, though, is probably what the GP meant - and many of the problems still exist on those.
Actually, you get most of the lubricity benefit at 2% biodiesel.
Bosch and most car manufacturers only warrant 5%, or B5. And, on the newer engines, due to smaller (but more numerous) holes in the injector nozzle, and higher injection pressures, tolerances are tighter, and a bad batch of fuel can cause more damage.
The older vehicles, once you replace hoses and sometimes injection pump seals (not always, though - and even ULSD is causing them to leak left and right. I'll note that my 1986 Golf diesel was run on B20 almost the whole time I had it, and I never had a problem with leaking seals even through the ULSD transition,) are actually BETTER for running alternative fuels.
Ah, but that's only because the GUI is tied in at the kernel. Untie it, like IBM did with OS/2 1.3 (Microsoft wrote OS/2 1.1 and 1.2, and the GUI being part of the kernel was exactly the same as it was in NT,) and it's fine.
And, even on NT5-6, you can get just console, no GUI. Try a chkdsk/f C:.;)
This post typed by a worshipper of the TrackPoint, who has been shown that there is such a thing as a good touchpad, and is therefore typing it on an iBook G4.
(This is honestly the first truly GOOD touchpad I've used - and I've used quite a few of them. All it needs now is two buttons.;))
Keep in mind, Anon will be taken more seriously if they refrain from the behaviors that are commonplace on/b/. Using "disregard that, I smoke cocks," even jokingly, in response to an ex-Scientologist's account, is bad for Anon's image. Keeping Anon's image in good standing with the public and with ex-Scientologists helps the fight against CoS.
I don't believe in the current existence of any higher power, and I struggle with believing some of this... but... that thing about that one woman's ability to read your emotions and thoughts resonated somewhat with me.
I don't know that it is any of this, but my best friend... we scare each other with how well we understand each other, and know what the other is going to say. She might just be very tuned into my signals, though, and me tuned into her signals, although I sometimes misread some of her signals. (Or, she's sending them subconciously, but knows she can't act on that due to her situation, but it's irrelevant. Intellectually, I know to discard those signals, however. Or at least try to. It's difficult.) And, I guess knowing what the other is going to say... we've known each other, and how we respond to each other, for a few years now... So I certainly can't say that it's anything like this, but... it did resonate with me.
Also, something rather odd... I work as a computer technician. I often get clueless newbies that can't begin to troubleshoot issues with their computers. Invariably, there'll be some odd issue that they have no clue how to begin fixing. Sometimes it's a printer not printing, or a webpage not loading. Way too many times, I'll walk into the room, and that instant, it'll start working. Or, the instant I touch the computer, it'll start working.
But, there's a twist. My best friend is one of my coworkers, and she HATES computers. One time, I was setting up a system for her, and this service wasn't starting. I had properly installed the OS and the application, but the associated service just WOULD NOT START. I tried again, and again, and again, and again. Nothing! Checked the event viewer. Just a generic error. I tried different ways of starting it. Still nothing.
So I call her to my office - she would know if there's a trick to starting this thing that I didn't know. (This service is rather buggy, and sometimes has trouble starting.)
She sits down at the computer, and does the exact same thing that I had tried the last time. I watched her. I watched EVERY KEYSTROKE. It worked. I can try to explain this one away as subprocesses finally starting by the time she got there, and then the main process starting for her, but I'm not sure.
She's the only one that's been able to do that to me, just like I do that to other people... and it's freaky as hell. (And, honestly, kinda turned me on. Hey, I'm a geek. Nothing quite like a hot chick that I was already somewhat interested in, one-upping me at being a geek.) And, she's done it a couple other times. (Don't tell me to suggest that she become a computer tech - usually, she has very bad luck with computers.:P)
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Overrated is just a generic down-mod for when nothing else applies.
Oh, and overrated and underrated aren't subject to metamod.
I'm going to guess you have the 8-cell battery.
Just think - they're getting 4 hours out of (IIRC) a 4-cell. Half the size of your battery. Then it doesn't look so bad.
If you want to be taken seriously by anyone with a brain, put a space between "a" and "brain." :)
They're still compression ignition...
Actually, you didn't get the latest memo, that dually pickup truck now has a 5.9-6.7L straight-6 or a 6.0-6.6L V8. And it runs on diesel, and has stacks coming out the back, and has been modified such that it can waste most muscle cars in a race, and puts out enough smoke that it can turn night into day. ;)
But, yes, any Golf/Rabbit (or Jetta - same thing with a trunk) except the 1st and 4th generation can rather easily fit four 6 foot tall adults - in comfort. I know, because I've done it. (The 4th generation... the back seat is USELESS.)
And, even those low pressure pumps (somewhere in the 1800-2500 PSI range) have issues with WVO... I've read a few threads over on MercedesShop talking about pumps that've been killed by WVO.
Most likely 74 miles per IMPERIAL gallon... closer to 60 miles per US gallon.
And, the Polo is a size class smaller than the Golf. The Golf is considered a family car in Europe (although here, the Rabbit (which is just the name the Golf is marketed under in the US) is considered a compact car.)
You can easily get four 6-foot tall adults in a current-generation Golf/Rabbit. Try that in a Polo, I dare you.
Hybrids don't help highway mileage at all - they only help city mileage.
VW has had various diesel-electric hybrid prototypes since 1987, many of them under the name "Golf Elektro-Hybrid." (Based on a couple different generations of Golf, of course.)
In fact... they actually put one into production weeks after Toyota put the first Prius into production - the Audi A4 Duo, in (IIRC) October 1997. It was the first European hybrid, and the first diesel-electric hybrid passenger car in production.
The European one.
For hybrids, the ECE cycle turns in numbers similar to EPA 2008 numbers. (Which, for hybrids, are actually accurate)
For gasoline cars, it usually turns in numbers higher than EPA 2008 numbers, and comparable to EPA 1985 numbers. (Which, for regular gasoline cars, are actually accurate.)
For diesel cars, it usually turns in numbers higher than EPA 1985 numbers. (Which, for diesel cars, are actually accurate.)
$1200 for tie rod end replacement?!?!?
Rule #2 of buying a VW: The only reason to go to the dealer is if you're buying the car new. Possible exception is for parts, but even then, the online places are better. For service, run the hell away from the dealer.
Anyway, VW dealers are HORRIBLE about replacing turbochargers for minor issues. They get paid a lot of money for it, so...
What year was yours?
;)
Rule #1 of buying a VW is to take rule #1 of using a Microsoft OS (wait until the first service pack has come out,) and replace "first service pack" with "second model year."
The diesel engines are built in Poland, IIRC.
As for the cars (for US-spec diesels only...)
1996, 2004-2005 Passat: Emden, Germany
1997 Passat: Brussels, Belgium
1997-2006 Jetta: Puebla, Mexico
1998-2006 New Beetle: Puebla, Mexico
2002-2006 Jetta Wagon: Wolfsburg, Germany
1999-2006 Golf: Wolfsburg, Germany, or Curitiba, Brazil
2004, 2006-2008 Touareg: Bratislava, Slovakia
First, I'll note that Gothmolly was wrong about the injection pressure on the Pumpe-Duese TDIs. It's 30,000 PSI, not 20,000. The common rail TDIs will be about 30,000 PSI as well.
Anyway, there's many problems. First is the viscosity of the vegetable oil. It's thick enough that the pump (or pumps in the PD cars) has to work a *LOT* harder to pump it, stressing it beyond the design specifications.
Second is... once you heat it to even get it close to the correct viscosity, it loses its ability to properly cool the fuel system.
Third is... in the injectors, the extreme heat there causes it to break down into its component fatty acids and glycerin... which then cokes on the injectors. When that happens, the spray pattern of the injectors is worsened, which can cause streams of fuel to hit things in the engine... causing major damage.
Look on TDIClub in the Alternative Diesel Fuels forum... there are various threads showing pictures of the carnage that WVO can cause.
Where was your buddy getting fuel?
;) Indirect injection, though, is probably what the GP meant - and many of the problems still exist on those.
(And, to the GP, cleaning the fuel filter means throwing it out and putting a new one in.)
FWIW, there are non-fuel-injected, carbeurated diesels. They're mainly in model airplanes.
Actually, you get most of the lubricity benefit at 2% biodiesel.
Bosch and most car manufacturers only warrant 5%, or B5. And, on the newer engines, due to smaller (but more numerous) holes in the injector nozzle, and higher injection pressures, tolerances are tighter, and a bad batch of fuel can cause more damage.
The older vehicles, once you replace hoses and sometimes injection pump seals (not always, though - and even ULSD is causing them to leak left and right. I'll note that my 1986 Golf diesel was run on B20 almost the whole time I had it, and I never had a problem with leaking seals even through the ULSD transition,) are actually BETTER for running alternative fuels.
Ah, but that's only because the GUI is tied in at the kernel. Untie it, like IBM did with OS/2 1.3 (Microsoft wrote OS/2 1.1 and 1.2, and the GUI being part of the kernel was exactly the same as it was in NT,) and it's fine.
/f C:. ;)
And, even on NT5-6, you can get just console, no GUI. Try a chkdsk
Well, it would be Michael Zubitskiy's plagiarism, and he didn't actually exist...
What is the difference to OJ Simpson?
$33.5 million.
TFA said that his car was a Honda CR-X.
;)
In the US, the CR-X was only a two seater - Honda didn't put the back seat in in the first place.
This post typed by a worshipper of the TrackPoint, who has been shown that there is such a thing as a good touchpad, and is therefore typing it on an iBook G4.
;))
(This is honestly the first truly GOOD touchpad I've used - and I've used quite a few of them. All it needs now is two buttons.
Keep in mind, Anon will be taken more seriously if they refrain from the behaviors that are commonplace on /b/. Using "disregard that, I smoke cocks," even jokingly, in response to an ex-Scientologist's account, is bad for Anon's image. Keeping Anon's image in good standing with the public and with ex-Scientologists helps the fight against CoS.
Basically, someone did the unthinkable, and managed to break the personal army rule... SUCCESSFULLY.
(As only rules 1, 2, 34, and 35 maintain consistent numbering, I can't give a number.)
Doesn't work when the police (especially those in Clearwater, FL) are in CoS's back pocket.
Fascinating posts, indeed.
:P)
I don't believe in the current existence of any higher power, and I struggle with believing some of this... but... that thing about that one woman's ability to read your emotions and thoughts resonated somewhat with me.
I don't know that it is any of this, but my best friend... we scare each other with how well we understand each other, and know what the other is going to say. She might just be very tuned into my signals, though, and me tuned into her signals, although I sometimes misread some of her signals. (Or, she's sending them subconciously, but knows she can't act on that due to her situation, but it's irrelevant. Intellectually, I know to discard those signals, however. Or at least try to. It's difficult.) And, I guess knowing what the other is going to say... we've known each other, and how we respond to each other, for a few years now... So I certainly can't say that it's anything like this, but... it did resonate with me.
Also, something rather odd... I work as a computer technician. I often get clueless newbies that can't begin to troubleshoot issues with their computers. Invariably, there'll be some odd issue that they have no clue how to begin fixing. Sometimes it's a printer not printing, or a webpage not loading. Way too many times, I'll walk into the room, and that instant, it'll start working. Or, the instant I touch the computer, it'll start working.
But, there's a twist. My best friend is one of my coworkers, and she HATES computers. One time, I was setting up a system for her, and this service wasn't starting. I had properly installed the OS and the application, but the associated service just WOULD NOT START. I tried again, and again, and again, and again. Nothing! Checked the event viewer. Just a generic error. I tried different ways of starting it. Still nothing.
So I call her to my office - she would know if there's a trick to starting this thing that I didn't know. (This service is rather buggy, and sometimes has trouble starting.)
She sits down at the computer, and does the exact same thing that I had tried the last time. I watched her. I watched EVERY KEYSTROKE. It worked. I can try to explain this one away as subprocesses finally starting by the time she got there, and then the main process starting for her, but I'm not sure.
She's the only one that's been able to do that to me, just like I do that to other people... and it's freaky as hell. (And, honestly, kinda turned me on. Hey, I'm a geek. Nothing quite like a hot chick that I was already somewhat interested in, one-upping me at being a geek.) And, she's done it a couple other times. (Don't tell me to suggest that she become a computer tech - usually, she has very bad luck with computers.