From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Wed Feb 05 2003 - 20:48:46 MST
BillK wrote:
> Ronh wrote:
>
>>My VW would not hold minimum speed in our hilly areas. Many of our
>>high ways have posted minimum speed and my car would not maintain that
>>speed.
>
> Well, I think the VW Rabbit is an old design (correct me if I'm wrong).
> Diesel engines are not noted for performance (even turbocharged
> diesel engines)...
The Diesel is excellent for *performance as a function
of fuel use*. A small turboDiesel would be just the
ticket for a *true* series hybrid (but not the parallel
hybrids that are now being produced). Environmentalists
may groan that a Diesel hybrid defeats the advantage
of hybrid technology, but I would point out that in
those applications where the motor runs at constant
speed and load, there are many acceptable fuels that
will spontaneously combust at Diesel-like compression
ratios, such as peanut oil. spike
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