[Vwdiesel] Diesel Magazine?

[James Hansen]

 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.
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That's about it in a nutshell Terry. 
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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. 

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That, and I'm concerned that people have been conditioned for so long to not
think for themselves Terry.  To accept whatever "expert" opinion is
publicised with the right spin that we, as a culture of consumers in North
America have devolved into a soylent green-esque brand of sheep.  If
everyone is such a crackerjack individualist, why are there a billion people
all addicted to the same sheeple programmer called facebook?  I shake my
head, every time I see "this product is known in the state of California to
cause cancer." Everyone just accepts that diesels are bad, because some
talking head that flew to the city hosting the talk got there in a diesel
powered jet aircraft, drove there from the airport in a diesel powered bus,
to a building whose parts were hauled there by diesel powered trucks, built
almost exclusively by diesel powered equipment, heated with natural gas dug
out of the ground by diesel powered drilling rigs, just so he could tell
everyone they are evil if they don't drive some piece of shit prius, or
better, to walk or ride their bicycle everywhere they go.... and everyone
just nods and smiles, while updating their status to "enlightened" on
facebook.  sheeple.  feh.
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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.
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You hit the nail on the head man. It is interesting to see how things
evolve, as we get older, and get all tdi powered.

For what it's worth, Gale Banks Eng. did a bit on an 09 jetta a while ago,
and were pretty kind to the VW. IIRC it showed up in some of the Petersen
group magazines, motor trend, diesel trucks etc...  They did a good job of
conveying how much fun it was, how economical it is while still a very
spirited ride.  They made it more spirited, and improved the mileage, while
keeping it within emissions tolerances.  Here:
http://www.bankspower.com/fridaynightnews/show/8

You have to get the kids interested, either with race car stuff, so it isn't
a Dad car. That is the main appeal to my 13 year old daughter that has a
mint 97 golf td waiting for her. She likes Beetles, Smart cars (feh), that
sort of thing, but diesel as she can't see why we should use so much fuel
either.  But it can't look like Dad's car. I'd like to see an overpowered
diesel version of some little useless sports car- THAT would do more for the
environment in the long run by changing attitudes than all the symposiums
and warning labels in the world.
-james