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Regular fuel has gone up in Europe as well. Diesel is still the cheapest, much like it used to be in the US. I know a number of people (friends of mine there) who have installed LPG conversions. Start the car with petrol, wait a minute or so for it to warm, then it automatically cuts over to LPG. Pretty slick. I know the Aussies have resorted to using LPG quite a bit also.hfrez wrote: In Europe 50% of all vehicles on the road are diesel and the price for diesel fuel has gone up over the last few years over there too. People are now looking at gas engines again because there is no great benefit in having the diesel anymore. In addition, the Europeans have to pay a tax penalty for driving diesel because of the green effect. Diesels are much worse in pollution control then gas engines
And also something, at least in my case, that can actually go off road. I don't want a car dressed up as an SUV with AWD, crap suspension & weak parts. We'll have to see what happens. I'm guessing the Pathfinder might become one of those blase, ugly-ass crossovers that everyone seems to be producing now. I'm still holding out hope that if/when the Xterra is redesigned, that it will continue to meet the needs of the 4x4 "purists" out there.LittleStevie wrote:Hate it. They need to stick with the muscular edges of the R51 and not sissy it up like they're doing to Infinity. I want something that feels and looks like a truck.
Man, if that bad boy could find its way into our Pathfinders that would be awsome. But I wonder what the premium for having such a diesel would be?disallow wrote:I'd take me some of this in a BOF Pathy:
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2011/05/cu ... titan.html
We have contemplated going full-size for towing purposes. However, I can't justify a 3/4 tonne truck with an almost 7L displacement for 5% of my driving.
The newer diesels are also apparently not great on fuel, what with 2010 EPA emissions requirements which the engine guys have solved by running copious amounts of EGR and scrubbing the exhaust with SCR. The reliability of the system is OK, when its working. But if you think we have issues now with OBDII codes and emissions related systems and sensors... you got another think coming...
And to top it all off, diesel is now 20-25% higher in cost than 87 Octane gasoline. $1.04/L for gas, $1.29/L for diesel up here now... Maybe a blip due to the recent 'shortage'.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/s ... rtage.html