Talking to an Audi rep, and Diesels in the US

audiSean audisean at gmail.com
Fri May 12 19:53:26 EDT 2006


Where I'm not clear is what happens to the older engines when they're
subjected to a diet of low sulfur diesel? Can you imagine the havoc
that will be caused if the US's fleet of delivery vehicles suddenly
come to a halt?

On 5/12/06, Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:
> What I don't understand is why this wasn't mandated by the government
> sooner.  Better fuel economy for passenger cars and cleaner emissions for
> commercial vehicles seems a win-win to me.  Probably some cost invovled in
> getting things on line for this, but that should be a fairly minor matter of
> logistics in getting the new fuel into the pipeline, figuratively and
> literally.
>
> I look forward to an A8 TDI in a couple years.  Hell, I've been looking at
> 350SDL's on eBay lately.  Save me!
>
> Ed
[snipped]

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Sean [99 A6 2.8q]
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