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Originally Posted by JockoT
In the UK diesel used to be cheaper than petrol, deliberately so by taxation. Add to that the far better mpg (or should that be Km/L) and it was very attractive. Then, once the suckered people in, they removed the tax incentive. Now it is dearer than petrol.
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Considering that the Great Britain is surrounded by the sea, it does surprise me that algae-based biodiesel (which could eventually be blended with fish liver oil-based biodiesel) ain't taken so seriously as an alternative to match the demand and keep the costs at a reasonable point while also decreasing the dependence on petroleum.
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But forget about the clean exhausts. I followed a 5 year old Passat diesel the other day and it was belching out black reek.
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Are you sure that Passat hadn't been illegally chip-tuned and straight-piped in order to enable it to "roll coal"?
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I enjoy minimalist cars as well.
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Some of those minimalist cars are actually quite interesting, while povertry-spec versions of regular ones are not so attractive at all.
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My favourite car I ever owned was a FIAT 126,594 cc, air cooled twin. 23 bhp. Huge fun to drive. You had to work it like a big truck.
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I never drove any of those, but they seem to be quite cool.