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Old 05-16-2010, 06:22 PM   #15 (permalink)
Arragonis
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Originally Posted by robchalmers View Post
I think our American cousins could do with some of these small, long geared, euro hatches!!
If they took the TDCI Fiesta over there instead of the average 1.6 petrol, or if Toyota imported the D4-D Yaris with the rest of the range, who knows what might take off.

Mind you not all of them were high geared - I had a Metro (Rover not Geo) Diesel for a day - 18mph/1000 in top, 1.5D - same engine as yours. It would hit the governor in top on a particular downhill stretch of the M6 near Lancaster. Not fun.

Congrats on the figures BTW - very impressive for an IDI old stylee Diesel

EDIT : Of course Toyota can't bring in the D4-D models - that would destroy the reasoning behind the Prius... *(runs and hides)
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Last edited by Arragonis; 05-16-2010 at 06:26 PM.. Reason: Edit - Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb...
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