Tiredofagasser- I thought diesel cars may be allowed back in NY with the coming of low sulfer fuel.

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1986 190D, 2.5L, 5-speed swap, 180,000 Miles (60K by me).
Jeep CJ-7 with Cummins 4BT/NV4500/AtlastII 4.3.
Grand Wagoneer 4BT project in progress!

Interesting that they are pulling 44 mpg out of a 2.2l on that big of a car. I bet the civic does substantially better on the fuel economy. VW will have some catching up to do as well. Well that and they have to incorporate the common rail to help meet emission standards...(agree government is screwing us diesel lovers) which is why this is their last year with the 1.9l tdi in the U.S.

Reading on the VW forum I found a post that mentioned Honda plans on introducing the 2.2L i-CDIi in the accord in 2008. I personally think the civic would be a better choice but Honda likes to showcase their accord/combined with power it seems. Look at their hybrid accord....tons of get up and go, low mpg gains....BIG FLOP. Hmmmm I would be extrememly interested though if the price isn't out of this world, and I could read some reports on how it has been performing in Europe these past 4 years.

Real catch would be (dismantle EGR) are their any gains to be had on these newer engines with out it......I'm assuming the computers would go haywire.

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76 300D 130K "Stella" (Sold )
74 240D 299K (Donated to Highschool For Senior Project WVO)
83 300TDT 290K (My one and only)
Sanford, NC

About 1:1,000,000 or less chance of getting rid of the EGR without the ECM throwing a fit. Modern diesels are more centered around emissions and economy.

Semi-truck engine builders tried to cheat on meeting pre-2000 emissions. They figured out exactly how the EPA tests their engines. They then programmed their engines to preform within limits during the EPA testing and dump all those standards when outside of the testing range. They got cought in the act and were forced to push up the emissions deadline from 2004 to 2002. An EGR is not required equipment on diesel engines (Cat's ACERT engines are agood example of this), it's just in common use right now as a way to meet NOX specs.

Yes if Honda ever brings the Accord over with that monster, poor VW will find something to cry about. Being a Jetta Tdi owner since 1998 and over 240k miles, I would have to say I would probably buy that Honda over another VW.

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1981 300D 147k
1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k
1979 300D 234k (sold)
1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold)
Mercedes How-To and Repair Pictorials
I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair

Just for interest, here is a picture of the 1.9l TDI piston when I had the head off a few months ago. It is a similar style as in the Honda video.

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1991 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo (207000km) (now gone)
1993 Audi 100 CS Quattro (300000km)
1999 VW Jetta TDI (290000km)
2002 Audi A6 3.0 Quattro (150000km)
2005 MB E320 CDI (34000km)

If it is like everything else I have seen Honda engineer then I imagine that it is a very good engine.

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It's made by the same person who designed the VTEC Honda engine.