[Vwdiesel] Diesel Magazine?

[Stephen Kraus]

All the magazines I find cater to large diesel trucks :(

Very sad

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 7:44 AM, <fudny at aol.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>  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
>
>
>
>
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> -----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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