My fellow Diesel converts......
My fellow Diesel converts......
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y2blade

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56,318 posts

244 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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.......I wish I'd joined you lot sooner biggrin

that is all

getmecoat

hehe

Escort2dr

3,640 posts

230 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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OK.

y2blade

Original Poster:

56,318 posts

244 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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Escort2dr said:
OK.
sorry, it is well past beer o'clock and I'm full of my new car beer

you'll have to put up with this sort of sh-t for a couple of days yet

Edited by y2blade on Sunday 25th July 19:02

FreeLitres

6,128 posts

206 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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Great! - More petrol for me then! (I need it drink)

adycav

7,615 posts

246 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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What, him?

MondeoMan1981

2,457 posts

212 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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Cant just leave it at that.... not all diesels are good....

y2blade

Original Poster:

56,318 posts

244 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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MondeoMan1981 said:
Cant just leave it at that.... not all diesels are good....
agreed, I'd not have been happy if I'd have bought a weedy one


OnTheOverrun

3,965 posts

206 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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y2blade said:
Escort2dr said:
OK.
sorry, it is well past beer o'clock and I'm full of my new car beer

you'll have to put up with this sort of sh-t for a couple of days yet

Edited by y2blade on Sunday 25th July 19:02
This we can put up with. It's when you start keeping a spreadsheet of MPG achieved and regaling us with tales of how you extracted an extra 0.3 of an MPG by folding the door mirrors in and driving everywhere at 38mph. . . . . biggrin

adycav

7,615 posts

246 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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Diesel 'enthusiasts' are the Jehovah's Witnesses of the motoring world.

Never content to enjoy their circumstances, they insist on trying to convert every bugger else.


y2blade

Original Poster:

56,318 posts

244 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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adycav said:
Diesel 'enthusiasts' are the Jehovah's Witnesses of the motoring world.

Never content to enjoy their circumstances, they insist on trying to convert every bugger else.
I'd rather you lot didn't all drive diesels tbh, you'll give us a bad name wink

Tunku

7,703 posts

257 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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Won't be long before you are back to petrol like me.

farrendahl

1,248 posts

203 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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I've got one of each so I have a nice balanced diet.

adycav

7,615 posts

246 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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y2blade said:
adycav said:
Diesel 'enthusiasts' are the Jehovah's Witnesses of the motoring world.

Never content to enjoy their circumstances, they insist on trying to convert every bugger else.
I'd rather you lot didn't all drive diesels tbh, you'll give us a bad name wink
Nah, I won't be driving a diesel but I occasionally ride in one...



wink

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

233 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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See if you still as happy when it goes wrong


Mr GrimNasty

8,172 posts

199 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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I love my PD130 torque delivery. Wham bang thankyou m'am.

HellDiver

5,708 posts

211 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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The novelty wears off eventually. 6500rpm of usable rev range is much handier for overtaking. And driving.

Escort2dr

3,640 posts

230 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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y2blade said:
Escort2dr said:
OK.
sorry, it is well past beer o'clock and I'm full of my new car beer

you'll have to put up with this sort of sh-t for a couple of days yet

Edited by y2blade on Sunday 25th July 19:02
What is it then?

adycav

7,615 posts

246 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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HellDiver said:
The novelty wears off eventually almost immediately. 6500rpm of usable rev range is much handier for overtaking. And driving.
EFA.

smile

nottyash

4,671 posts

224 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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Ive bought a Nissan Almera 2.2 DCI 136 as a commuter thinking it would be similar to my Skoda Fabia VRS.
Its a rubbish Renault engine that hits a brick wall at 3000 revs, so the only usable power band is from 1500-3000 revs. Useless!!
I did enjoy my VRS with an www.angeltuning.co.uk remap to 190BHP.biggrin

Chris_w666

22,655 posts

228 months

Sunday 25th July 2010
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The backbox has fell off mine and I am having to wait for a replacement, it now revs like a petrol and sounds like something for towing sheep and hay bales.

But it is amusing that the lack of back pressure makes the turbo spool too quickly and causes the engine to run out of fuel.