Wednesday, Aug 11, 2004 at 23:20
Yeah, many of the advantages diesels used to have are no longer relevant in my opinion now they've become turbocharged, intercooled, electronically injected, multivalved, alloy, overstressed rice burners. May as
well have bucket loads of power and smooth running with a pocket full of cash left over for fuel and accessories. Diesel's require twice as many
services for at least three years if you want to keep your warranty too.
I've got a diesel as
well for the real hairy stuff, but it is a large displacement, cast iron, pushrod, mechanically injected, lazy lump with a mountain of torque from idle and a Detroit Locker. It doesn't matter if goes for a swim or hits something hard, however there's no way I'd want to spend more than an hour or two at the helm. The diesel argument is perfectly valid for something like a HZJ motor or a 4.2D, but it starts to get blurry from there on I reckon.
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