Barnacle_Bill
Admiral
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- Feb 8, 2004
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I don't buy their business logic (or at least don't understand it). Hopefully there's more to the story.
I remember the first energy crisis - it made the diesel VW Rabbit an overnight sensation. This was a time when diesel could only be bought at truck stops.
And these guys are begging for another $ infusion???
When someone invents a clean motor that we drop anthracite pellets in, we're home free!
If you can show me a new diesel truck that gets 20+ MPG i'll buy it. The guy's at the rig I work on all have new diesel trucks and none of them get anywhere near 20 mpg. We get our fuel free at the rig but I still won't buy a diesel cause they are so expensive to run when I can't get free fuel. I'd buy a diesel car but they would never go where I need it too. Today on the radio GM announced they were going to build a electric car called the Volt. They say they can't have the technology ready till 2011??? I wish I could have got through to the talk show as I would have asked them how long it would be before they crushed them like the others.All the "Big 3" have heavy duty diesel trucks that get an impressive 20+MPG for a big truck,
If you can show me a new diesel truck that gets 20+ MPG i'll buy it. The guy's at the rig I work on all have new diesel trucks and none of them get anywhere near 20 mpg.
If you can show me a new diesel truck that gets 20+ MPG I'll buy it. ......................................