From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Thu Feb 06 2003 - 02:46:24 MST
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, spike66 wrote:
>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*.
Every teenager here dreams about the Seat Leon (that's a VW sub-brand).
It's powered by a 1.9L turbocharged Diesel engine with 150 hp, and still
manages 53 MPG at freeway speeds, and 30-35 in urban streets.
Ciao,
Alfio
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