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From: Clive on 21 Feb 2010 11:28
In message <pan.2010.02.21.16.11.30.516000(a)e86.GTS>, Hachiroku
<Trueno(a)e86.GTS> writes
>If you can't handle a car in an emergency situation, there is a solution
>for you...
>
>http://www.used-buses.net/bustypes/img/greyhound-bus-2.jpg
I used to be a bus driver when the steering and gears were manual, the
brakes being straight air, the more you pushed the pedal down the harder
they came on, but no feedback.
Clive

From: FatterDumber& Happier Moe on 21 Feb 2010 12:34
Clive Coleman wrote:
> As it say's in the header, thanks.
http://www.jetav8r.com/Vision/Ignition/CDI.html
From: Tegger on 21 Feb 2010 13:22
Clive Coleman <clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:Nf55nyPxLVgLFwnr(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk:

> In message <Xns9D26688A01FB3tegger(a)208.90.168.18>, Tegger
> <invalid(a)invalid.inv> writes
>>What kind of car is this? Automakers tend to use acronyms that expand
>>to just about anything. Is there a mix of upper and lower case in the
>>acronym?
>>
>>The "D" and the "I" probably mean "Diesel" and "Injection"
>>respectively. Or perhaps the "DI" combination refers to "Direct
>>Injection".
> Over here it means Common Rail Direct Injection ( for a diesel) but
> it's not been around for more than about ten years, and I was reading
> posts from Americans about other cars of say 15 to 20 years old,
> what's more, I know that diesel isn't popular over there. So I was
> just wondering what it could refer to? Thanks.



When the letters "D" and "I" appear together on the backs of cars here, it
means Diesel and Injection. I don't think there is any car on the market
over here that has "CDI" in its name. There IS a "TDI", which is a
Volkswagen turbo-diesel.

The US has very few automotive diesels available; the EPA's NOx emissions
rules have seen to that. Canada has a few more of them because the Canadian
government is not so anal about NOx.

Last I checked, the US EPA is in the middle of certifying common-rail
diesels for automotive use (along with diesel catalysts), so they may come
on the market soon, if they haven't already.

But the only diesels I know of over here are from Volkswagen. Maybe there
are others, but not so I'd know from what I see in traffic. Most gas
stations here have at least one diesel pump, but I almost never see anybody
using them to refuel a car. They're always at the outside, so that they'll
be accessible to trucks.


..
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Tegger

From: dr_jeff on 21 Feb 2010 13:42
Tegger wrote:
> Clive Coleman <clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote in
> news:Nf55nyPxLVgLFwnr(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk:

<...>

> But the only diesels I know of over here are from Volkswagen. Maybe there
> are others, but not so I'd know from what I see in traffic. Most gas
> stations here have at least one diesel pump, but I almost never see anybody
> using them to refuel a car. They're always at the outside, so that they'll
> be accessible to trucks.

All the diesels sold in the US for light vehicles are either made by
German car companies or in small trucks. Mercedes and BMW are also have
diesels this year. So does Audi, which is owned by VW (or vice versa).
Dodge also makes the Sprinter, which is rebadged Mercedes.

I think this page is up-to-date:
<http://www.dieselforum.org/uses/cars-trucks-suvs/diesel-vehicles-currently-available-in-us>

Jeff
From: Tegger on 21 Feb 2010 20:14
dr_jeff <utz(a)msu.edu> wrote in
news:t7SdnfUTd8wU4xzWnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d(a)giganews.com:

> Tegger wrote:
>> Clive Coleman <clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote in
>> news:Nf55nyPxLVgLFwnr(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk:
>
> <...>
>
>> But the only diesels I know of over here are from Volkswagen. Maybe
>> there are others, but not so I'd know from what I see in traffic.
>> Most gas stations here have at least one diesel pump, but I almost
>> never see anybody using them to refuel a car. They're always at the
>> outside, so that they'll be accessible to trucks.
>
> All the diesels sold in the US for light vehicles are either made by
> German car companies or in small trucks. Mercedes and BMW are also
> have diesels this year. So does Audi, which is owned by VW (or vice
> versa). Dodge also makes the Sprinter, which is rebadged Mercedes.



Funny you should mention this.

Had to make a store run this afternoon, and one place I parked there was a
Mercedes diesel van that looked a LOT like a Sprinter. There, on the
grille, was a large notation, "CDI". And it was /definitely/ a diesel.



>
> I think this page is up-to-date:
> <http://www.dieselforum.org/uses/cars-trucks-suvs/diesel-vehicles-curre
> ntly-available-in-us>
>
> Jeff



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Tegger

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