http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXf5UUnLzwQ

Sixto
87 300D

Doesn't sound like a diesel at all. It's more like a dying lawnmower.

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current vehicles:
'82 240D - 125k - daily driver
'85 380SE - 299k - on dry dock
'87 Vanagon - 183k - sold

Gives close to 50mpg, scoots quicker to 60mph than most gasser V6, doesn't need special urea to make it run, what else can you ask for.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

Notice that is a UK ad? When will Honda launch diesels in the USA? VW is offering diesel models of cars like the Tiguan SUV in the UK that are only gas engined here in the US.

I drove the 2009 VW Sportwagen TDI. It pulls like a V8. Can't wait to get one. VW can barely keep up with demand for the Jetta and Jetta Sportwagen. People also want the new TDI in Passats and Golf. I don't know when that will happen.

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1962 220Sb ~ The Emerald Bullet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx6tN1W48_o
1957 Ponton 220S
2001 S600 Daily Driver
The Universe is Abundant ~ Life is GOOD!http://www.classiccarclock.com

The ad, right down to Garrison Keillor singing is spot on marketing for the sandal-wearing NPR set in the US. Surprised I haven't seen it here yet, after Nova or Antiques Roadshow.

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All things are burning, know this and be released.

82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

Honda was going to offer them her. Back in 2006 I met a man in Fort Wayne, IN who was chosen by Honda as part of a marketing study to drive an Accord diesel for a few hours. This man is (or was) a die hard Mercedes or nothing guy. He had nothing but positive comments about the car. I found it humorous when he said that car car could go 120mph. I asked him how he knew that to be valid. He told me he know of a road in the area for just such a thing and that he drove the car himself at 120mph.

I think Honda changed their minds about selling it here when the diesel prices hit $5/gallon in 2007. Too bad. Honda had numerous patents on that engine. And I had never heard of a bad Honda engine.

Yeah, Honda is a good brand, their diesels would last forever, it's a shame they don't market them in the U.S. Converting the rest of the family to diesel would be easier if Honda made some. The commercial was good too.

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1983 240D 3.0T 4-speed manual, now sold

1989 Subaru GL Wagon 5-speed Touring Edition

IMHO, the ad is more interesting for the computer-generated graphics. OTOH, I discussed this subject (diesels in USA, not necessarily Honda). He agreed with me that GM ruined the US diesel passenger car market with its Cadillac and Oldsmobile abortions and it will take a generation to recover. Thanks for posting this, Sixto.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

I heard that KIA is sending a diesel soul, and hyundai is bring a diesel (don't know what model) by the end of the decade

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

Both the same thing. Hyundai makes a number of diesels in Europe, although the Hyundai accent 3Cyl diesel wagon was voted THE worst car on Top Gear

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Where have you guys been? That ad is like 3 years old.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL