[Vwdiesel] Diesel Magazine?

[William Thompson]

I am one of those 100's and I thank every single one and all of you who hang
around and drop the pearls of wisdom gleaned from the long experience of
battling for the longevity of our beloved and efficient diesels.
I read every post.
You are definitely a different bunch of people (diverse too) with a common
goal inevitably seeing things from all sides with which to come up with the
best solutions born of special collective wisdoms not thought of by the
homogenous masses.
Perhaps we are smarter and better looking too but that's beside the point
and only icing on the cake.
	... Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Bryan Belman
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 6:50 AM
To: fudny at aol.com; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Diesel Magazine?

Well said Terry.  those of us that are left on here have gotten so much out
of the postings.  I do think many read and learn but do not post very much,
such as you, so I am hoping there are 100's more like that still reading.
 
we are a different bunch of people in many ways.
 

Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running
:<) 92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<) 82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA
-- running :<) 70 Type 1 stock Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)


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From: "fudny at aol.com" <fudny at aol.com>
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com 
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Diesel Magazine?




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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