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Originally Posted by DerkPerk
Many true comments on the EPA cracking down on shops deleting emissions equipment and selling the tuners to make the trucks run without it. Also, the new trucks are getting to high HP numbers with emissions equipment which is super cool.
I do have a pre emissions truck that will “roll coal” if I stand on it before the turbo lights. It can easily be used to fend off d-bag tailgaters. And like FastFreddy said, there’s nothing like an 8k lb truck making 600+ HP hauling the mail!
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My MIL had a Mercedes 300 Turbo Diesel. She drove it like a great grandma most of the time. If she needed to get moving to merge on the highway it would blow a lot of black smoke. It was astonishing to drive it to Colorado for a ski trip. Four adults, ski rack on the roof, and enough luggage to fill up the motel room, and we were getting 36 MPG.
Back then, so many of the places to get diesel fuel were truck stops. The fuel comes out of the nozzle like a rocket. The ground was sticky with stinky fuel. I had to have my wife pull the car forward, and so I could take of the rubber gloves, and walk around long enough to wear the fuel off of my shoes.
The good news is with the fuel mileage, we only needed fuel every 500 miles.