Two weeks with a Citroen Diesel

[Shannow]

Nope no warning labels.

 

[Boyce]

Lonnie, the Olds diesels protected the environment very well by refusing to run much of the time.

 

[artificialist]

The USA has extremely strict regulations on particulate matter, that is why diesels are uncommon here, as well as the terrible diesels from the 70s and 80s. Now that we have
That in mind, diesels produce lower Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbon emissions that most gasoline engines. So much for the idea that they are so evil.

 

[Tornado Red]

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Don't consider any diesel that is not an open chamber design and don't buy one until you know what an open chamber is.

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Are you referring to indirect (sometimes referred to as prechamber) and direct injection.

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I think any pickup or auto diesel engine will be of the pre-chamber design.

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I do not think any indirect-injection diesel engine will meet the current EPA requirements, and certainly not those a few years down the road.

For the OP: TDI is a VW trademark. TD, DI, and IDI are generic terms. Honda calls their ITDIi, and no I do not know what their acronym stands for.

 

[sprintman]

Spitty you just became my least favourite person on BITOG. Which Bordeaux's did you over imbibe? Am I jealous your d@mn right I am...s

 

[ffracer]

I rented a Citroen Xsara (bizzara?) and a Ford Focus Diesel and both were great engines/gearboxes.

1-The diesels are quiet, very torquey, shifter were very easy.
2-They are all manual transmission, and you have to actually know how to drive, shift, and rev. NO automatics or the performance or fuel economy goes to ----.
3-The Citroen was a boat to drive (and ugly!), terrible Toyota-like center dashboard, but the Focus was fun- cornered well, rode well, and roomy. Not related to the US Focus.
4-People actually know how to drive vs. the USA. So they know how to rev and shift at the right time.

 

[BGK]

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Lonnie, the Olds diesels protected the environment very well by refusing to run much of the time.

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I was told that it was common for the crankshaft to break on the Olds diesels. I wonder if any are still running today?

 

[Spitty]

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Spitty you just became my least favourite person on BITOG. Which Bordeaux's did you over imbibe? Am I jealous your d@mn right I am...s

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Sorry I'm

I'm from the west coast of Canada

here Little Penguin Shiraz ranks very well against our best local reds, Neadless to say I was (almost) overwhelmed with the selection and quaity, I hope to go back and stay long enough to refine my Palette. We did have one exceptional wine from the Bearn region, but perhaps that was just the picnic high in the Pyrenees with fresh Baguette, local salt cured Jambon and camembert

 

[artificialist]

The Euro Focus is the same car platform as the Mazda 3 sold in the USA.