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Originally Posted by dd74
Jake - I'm reading up on PlantDrive. That's a cool little system. 
Is the performance the same with straight veggie as with diesel? |
As far as I can tell, there is no difference in performance with this car. You just flip the switch on the dash and let 'er rip.
It's hard to say 100%, because with my previous cars I was able to reach the limit of their performance relatively easy. My '87 Samurai will go ~115kph on diesel, vs ~105 on veggie. My old Jetta would max out at 120kph on diesel, but would do 135 on veggie.
The e300d is a lot faster, so I haven't seen it's limit on either fuel. In September, I'm taking it to the university for 2 days of testing for emissions and horsepower. It'll be interesting to see what the numbers are. Another guy with an e300d like mine showed the highest HP on used canola, versus dino diesel or biodiesel.