Diesels in the US

[Carl Cobb]

diesel runs 30 to 40 cents cheaper a gallon these days in northern
california....premium going for 2 to 225/gal

carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Birch" <edwbirch at home.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: Diesels in the US


> Elie Spiesel <espiesel at yahoo.com> wrote.....
> > For those of you interested in the absence of diesel Audis
> > in the US, the NY Times had an article this weekend.  The
> > basic idea was that 1) Americans have little interest in fuel
> > economy due to cheap gas.........
>
> Oh really!!!  The New York Times knows that ALL North American motorists
> don't wish to save money.
>
> >2) there is no price advantage to diesel in the US unlike in Europe where
> there are lower taxes
> > on diesel.....
>
> Hold on now.....in my area, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 89 octane gasoline
is
> $1.75 at gallon, 91 octane is $1.85 at gallon, while Diesel is $1.54 at gallon.
With
> my 93-100S, running 89 octane, I average 25MPG, while my neighbor gets
48MPG
> with his VW-TDI.  Hmmmm, do I see a fuel price advantage?
>
> >3) tight diesel particulate emission standards.......
>
> Emission standards that were enacted because of older mass transit
vehicles,
> and older Diesel automobiles. There have been considerable improvements in
> the Oil Motor powered passenger car in the past decade.
>
> >(making)it unlikely that manufacturers are going to put a lot of work
into
> certifying cars with >little demand.
>
> Is there little demand for the VW-TDI?  In my area, try to find one for
less
> than full markup price!
>
> Ed Birch....Diesel-less after 20 years.
>