At 15:57 16 February 2015, Mike the Strike wrote:
It's a shame that the auto makers have been slow to introduce
turbo-diesel
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engines into the USA, although the reasons are pretty obvious. Gasoline
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a lot cheaper than diesel (in my home town right now, gasoline is $2 per
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S gallon and diesel is around $2.60) and diesel engines are also more
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sive.

IMHO, the power and especially torque curves of the typical turbo diesel
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e absolutely superb for towing. I am now towing with a camper van based
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the Mercedes Sprinter and find its towing and hill-climbing abilities to
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e superb. Fuel consumption is also not far shy of 20 mpg (that's 24 mpg
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r the Brits!) My other tow vehicle (Lexus with 5 liter gasoline V-8) is
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so superb, but it's a lot bigger, heavier and thirstier than most would
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e to drive around, especially in Europe.

Mike

I'm using a BMW e61 520d, and you can hardly tell that our Discus trailer
is on the back. I've also had 42 mpg (UK gallons) on runs up to Scotland,
again with the trailer.
Dave