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Originally posted by notfarnow
I've heard the same, although my understanding was more that we'll be seeing the japanese diesel offered to the European market.

The day I can get a 2-3 yr old Toyota Corrola or Honda Civic diesel will be the last day I own a VW.

The japanese already have a lot of diesel offerings in Europe and around the world. They have for a long time now. If you look closely at the video of freedom fighters(terrorists) they are usually piled in the back of a diesel powered toyota pickup. You can go to the japanese version of toyota website and check it out.

Somewhat related, Toyota makes a hybrid minivan that gets 40MPG that it sells in Japan and other countries. They had planned on bringing into the US but have since changed their plans. Can you imagine what something like that would do to the big three? I think the US put a stop to it.

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Originally posted by 74-911
Don't know where your cousin lives but around here (South TX) regular runs 2.09 -> 2.15 /gal. Diesel is 2.39 most everywhere and the .20 - .30 cent spread has been that way for quite a while.

I think he's in Mckenny.

I buy a lot of diesel, so I watch the price pretty close. On Dec. 1st it when up 20 cents at several stations I saw overnight, and has crept up another 15 cents since then. I paid 3.25 per gallon today.

3 or 4 months ago diesel was 30 cents cheaper than regular. Now it is 40 cents more. My pick-up has been sitting in the driveway alot....

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Originally posted by notfarnow
I remember when I bought my first diesel 5-6 yrs ago. I went to fill up and found that the price had SKYROCKETED to $0.61/ liter. Nowadays, I rarely see it below 0.90.

The upside is I can usually get 2 months out of a tank of diesel now. My record was this summer. I went 76 days on one tank of diesel, and that included a 2000km trip to Ottawa & back, and two 600km trips to Halifax... on top of my 18km daily commute.

Wait, try that again,
you drove 2000km + 2x600km + 76x18km on a single tank of diesel?
That is 4568km on a single tank, or ~3000miles.
You should go post on TDIClub and see what they say about that.

As for the purpose of ULSD... IT IS NOT FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. All modern diesels have catalytic converters, they work just fine with plain old low sulphur diesel. The purpose of ULSD is to support diesel particulate filters (DPF's) and urea injection systems.

Rumors have it that ULSD offers less lubricity than LSD did, and that it can lead to premature injection pump failure, but recent testing data is showing exactly the opposite result. We'll see how it pans out.

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Originally posted by Zero10
Wait, try that again,
you drove 2000km + 2x600km + 76x18km on a single tank of diesel?
That is 4568km on a single tank, or ~3000miles.
You should go post on TDIClub and see what they say about that.

Yep, plus weekend drives to the cottage, 2-3 drives to fredericton and whatever Mrs Notfarnow used the car for, groceries etc. Probably closer to 5500-6000 kms. My odometer is broken so I'm not 100% sure.

As soon as I start the car, I switch to vegetable oil. I only use diesel on the last 5kms of any drive, to purge vegetable oil out of the fuel system. All the rest of my driving is on vegetable oil.

5km purge means 1/3 of my daily commute is diesel, but on longer drives it's really significant. When I went to Ottawa in July, I only drove 20kms on diesel.

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Originally posted by Zero10

As for the purpose of ULSD... IT IS NOT FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. All modern diesels have catalytic converters, they work just fine with plain old low sulphur diesel.

Yep, my 96 has a cat.

Okay, so you weren't wrong, just misleading ;)
Saying 1 tank of diesel lasted you almost 5000km is not fair, considering that you were running almost exclusively on vegitable oil during that 5000km.
Saying 1 tank of diesel and 10 tanks of oil on the other hand..... :D

All I can say is that I've been watching diesel spike in my area. Filled my F350 up yesterday for the paultry sum of $107.58. And that was while I was looking at the sign showing 92 octane gas at 50 cents a gallon cheaper. Needless to say I was (and still am) pissed.