I was behind none other than the infamous Dodge Omni today on my way to school! It was in mint shape. Man, thats a tiny little car. According to what I've read, they see about 38 city/46 hwy or something like that. There were three people in it! I could have run it over with my beast of a 126. Its smaller than a mini/yaris/etc....


As for the tdi's being best. Easily. Clarkson drove a VW Lupo 1.5 3cyl diesel on a long trip on Top Gear and averaged something like 76mpg or so. Insane. I could make the regular trip that costs me $24-26 a time for about $7.75!!!! Still....it'd take diesel being at least 2x its current price for it to wound me enough to reduce/stop driving my W126.... Over my dead body! I celebrated fuel prices by hitting the MAX (112-114ish) speed of my car today....haven't done that in like 8 months. It was awesome!

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

In one of the top gear shows Clarkson averaged 40mpg (UK mpg ) in an Audi A8 4.0 tdi .

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1992 Mercedes 190D 2.5 turbo 5sp manual. EGT+boost gauges. Boost controller set to ~14.5 psi. 1 1/4 turns on full load adjustment. LPG injection. Next in the list is water injection.

I'll bet that the Prius emitted more SMUG than the BMW, too.

(A South Park hybrid vehicle reference for those of you who haven't seen it.)

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Nothing cranks me like compression ignition.

- '95 Mercedes E300D "The Great White"
- '98.5 Dodge Cummins 24V 4x4 - "The Green Hammer" (Sold 12-08)
- '81 VW Rabbit diesel w/GTI suspension - "The JackRabbit"
- '00 Triumph Sprint ST for when I need speed