[Vwdiesel] Diesel Magazine?

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 Unfortunately we are a small audience. It remains sort of a grassroots movement. I have run primarily small diesels for the past 25 years and relied on this forum for diesel help and the general VW crowd for other info. I have logged over 1 million miles in only three different VW diesels and yet no one really cared. I started when diesel was in the sub 1.00 range and nobody understood it. Now fast forward to today and with energy issues we have and the expense of all fuels I feels nobody still gets it. I think it maybe has to do with diesel appears to be an such an archaic fuel it does not stir the interest in todays fuel conscience world. Not high tech enough. 

I have been on this list for many years since the mid to late 80s. I'm not a big contributor but have relied on the folks here for so much help and info. I just don't type and compose so well and don't do a lot of computer time but use it as a "tool". This list was really busy for many years but seems to be waning.  I do know a few folks here have contributed tons of valuable info over the years and are still helping us.

So for now I guess this is my only Diesel Magazine. We will probably see a hybrid, electric and hydrogen magazine before a diesel one.


Terry



 

-----Original Message-----
From: William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net>
To: VW Diesel Fans <Vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 28, 2012 6:31 am
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Diesel Magazine?


Does anyone know of any diesel magazine in English devoted to passenger cars? I 

am aware of & subscribe to Diesel Power magazine but it is 99% devoted to big 

American pickup trucks, not passenger cars & RV's & is mostly devoted on how to 

hop up diesels to win drag races, tractor pulls, etc with little emphasis on how 

to improve MPG. It should have how to articles on:

1) repair & maintaining VW,Mercedes, & other diesel powered passenger cars & 

small pickup trucks.

2) converting gas to diesel engines in Focus, Chrysler minivan, Jeep, plus 

foreign makes that offer a diesel option on similar models sold in Europe.

3) Shops, if any, that do diesel conversions on passenger cars, SUV's, RV's & 

light trucks.

4) European junkyards that can be trusted in exporting good diesel engines along 

with transmissions, if necessary, & related parts to enable the conversion of 

gas to diesel cars here.

5) Running diesel engines on waste vegetable oil which would compare various 

kits available, one & two tank systems & other modifications necessary to do 

this successfully. It should include what filters you need to properly filter 

WVO & where to buy them. Would also include articles on processors that process 

WVO into biodiesel.

6) Ways to improve fuel economy & otherwise save money without being penny wise 

& pound foolish by making modifications that shorten engine & component life

7) Covers, road tests, & evaluates new passenger cars as they become available 

in the USA market. 

8) Covers European diesel cars that are 25 years old that are still somewhat 

still available in Europe, where to find them, reliable dealers, repair shops & 

how to import them with minimum hassle. FYI, you can legally import foreign cars 

that are 25 years old or older that don't conform to USA safety & smog 

regulations.

This blog has been good at providing a lot of this info but would like to have a 

good paper magazine that does that.



Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA

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