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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I saw an older stretch limo at Silver Falls State Park on Sunday.
I keep thinking it would be nice to confine kid chaos to the back, with the privacy glass up.
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20ish years ago we ran into a family in Death Valley driving an old stretch limo. They had 6 kids and said the limo: was cheaper, drove better, and got better fuel economy than the vans they had before.
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Too bad the Diesel versions are also not available stateside. Otherwise I guess it would've been a winner.
On a sidenote, I don't know why Hyundai doesn't offer the Staria there, would've been a great option.
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Diesel is not a winner in the USA. It only made sense when diesel was cheaper than gasoline and diesels had lower emissions standards.
Today:
- A diesel engine costs thousands more than a gas engine
- Diesel cost more gasoline. (US national average $3.53 gas / $3.92 diesel)
- In the USA if anything goes wrong with the emission system of a diesel vehicle it will go into limp mode after about 500 miles.
Diesel still makes sense if you are towing heavy loads or doing a lot of highway driving but diesel does not make sense for a family vehicle. They REALLY don't do well for city driving
A DI turbo gas engine will do as well as a diesel for total cost to own and a hybrid will do better.