Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can always park it here in Ballarat, and I'll keep it ticking over ;-) between visits. On 22/04/2005, at 5:54 AM, Joseph Yao wrote: > on 22/4/05 3:44 am, Henning Wulff at henningw@archiphoto.com wrote: > >>> In Louisiana, currently the price of diesel is 10 cents higher than >>> gasoline. We looked hard at the VW TDI, and I almost bought one, >>> even though they >>> were stingy with their markdowns. In the end, I got a comparably >>> equipped >>> Prius for less,; they get about the same mileage on the road, and >>> of course the >>> Prius beats it in town. But it finally all came down to one thing. >>> Kathy >>> loved the color on the Prius! >>> >>> Regards, Sonny >> >> Exactly! - See my other reply to Adam >> >> In NA diesel doesn't make a whole lot of sense, particularly since we >> can't get the good fuel, the low-sulfur diesel, at any price. In >> Europe if you weigh the options, the Prius is the poorer choice. The >> playing fields aren't level. > > In HK the playing fields aren't level either. We have low sulphur > diesel > here, costs much less than regular unleaded (US$3.5/gallon as opposed > to > US$7/gallon for unleaded), but we cannot have diesel passenger cars! > Our > government do not license diesel-engined passenger cars. They say only > commercial vehicles (buses, trucks etc.) can have diesel engine. The > irony > is that our traffic condition favours diesel engines a lot more than > petrol > engines - lots of low end torque, horsepower being irrelevant here. I > would > love a BMW 740d/535d turbo diesel..... > > Joseph > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair