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Old 12-19-2014, 02:14 PM   #790 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie View Post
I'm on board with that: if on the EPA test it burns 1/4 the gas of a regular car, let it be 4x as dirty as a regular car and the atmosphere sees... a reguar car.
Just take a look at the European VW tdi motor. It actually gets better mileage and pollutes less per mile than the U.S. tdi motor from VW but it actually pollutes more per gallon. Over a course of the same distance in both cars, the euro tdi burns less fuel and pollutes less. Apples-Oranges. Sure would love to have a Euro spec tdi here though.
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