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Diesels...... rip?

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    #122
    Jesus.
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,794 ✭✭✭Jesus.


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Click the below link, under "messages & Notifications" "default thread subscription mode" Click the drop down box and select the required option. This should apply for future threads but you'll have to select manually the un-subscribe button of every thread.

    So in other words it'll make no difference?!!

    Cheers anyway MadLad :)


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    #123
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jesus. wrote: »
    So in other words it'll make no difference?!!

    Cheers anyway MadLad :)

    I will make a big difference if the option is to notify you of updates of every post automatically in the first place !

    By default you have to select the "follow thread" button for it to notify you of thread updates.


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    #124
    Gazzmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Gazzmonkey


    walus wrote: »
    What's a point of revving it above 4000rpm? No torque and power there.
    Petrol fumes are also harmful but 20 times less than diesel - that is a big difference. A difference that is responsible for the fact that the quality of air in most european cities is just as bad as it was 15 years ago!
    I would be shocked if they could not improve on an old PD technology in terms of noise etc. It does not change the fact that my statement is true.

    Was referring to redline

    Couldn't care less about fumes from any type of engine

    You'll find my statements to be the same


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    #125
    Jesus.
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,794 ✭✭✭Jesus.


    I don't know Mad Lad. I'm a bit slow on the uptake. All I know is I "unfollowed" last night yet my Inbox this morning was packed full of B.ie emails as usual!


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    #126
    [Deleted User]
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    Gazzmonkey wrote: »
    ...

    With DPF there is no visible fumes from the exhaust

    ...

    Lol


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    #127
    Gazzmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Gazzmonkey


    Augeo wrote: »
    Lol

    I laughed too the first time I noticed no visible fumes, I thought the exhaust was blocked lol.


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    #128
    Jesus.
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,794 ✭✭✭Jesus.


    MadLad is that you?




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    #129
    [Deleted User]
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    Jesus. wrote: »
    I don't know Mad Lad. I'm a bit slow on the uptake. All I know is I "unfollowed" last night yet my Inbox this morning was packed full of B.ie emails as usual!

    Don't know what you're at ! :D


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    #130
    [Deleted User]
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    Jesus. wrote: »
    MadLad is that you?



    jaysus, fair play to the prius. I would have expected it to be a lot worse after that.

    The truck driver looks like he was flying ?


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    #131
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


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    jaysus, fair play to the prius. I would have expected it to be a lot worse after that.

    The truck driver looks like he was flying ?

    Still the other drivers fault. Pulled into the path of the truck.


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    #132
    Hachiko
    Registered Users Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Hachiko


    Gazzmonkey wrote: »
    Your behind the times friend...

    A modern diesel is none of these.

    My A4 pulls well in boost from 1500rpm up to nearly redline

    With DPF there is no visible fumes from the exhaust

    With CRTDI it's many times quieter

    Regards,

    modern diesels, no matter how refined are not as smooth as petrols, my lexus is almost silent compared to diesels.

    I had my car just a few weeks, and so quiet it was i once stepped out of it in a car park and was startled at the noise of the diesel rumbling away once i opened the door, it was a good 10/15 feet away from me.

    not just a lexus, pretty much any modern petrol is much more refined than a diesel


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    #133
    Hachiko
    Registered Users Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Hachiko


    Deleted User wrote: »
    jaysus, fair play to the prius. I would have expected it to be a lot worse after that.

    The truck driver looks like he was flying ?

    bollok, that is a useless driver , had to be a woman too. The truck had the right of way, anyone with half an eye could see it coming.

    pulling out in front of a truck at full throttle is not the smartest thing to do.


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    #134
    [Deleted User]
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    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Still the other drivers fault. Pulled into the path of the truck.

    Absolutely !

    Maybe it was the camera that made him look like he was going really fast ?

    Still good on the prius taking that impact !

    By the way Jesus, no it wasn't me lol

    Where was this does anyone know ?


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    #135
    [Deleted User]
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    Got to say looking at it again the truck driver was travelling way too fast on that small road.

    Seems like dash cams are an excuse for bad driving too, "I'll drive as fast as I can and if a car pulls out in front of me he'll most likely die, what do I care in my big rig ? I got the dash cam to prove it too, no one can see the speed I'm doing is way too fast for this road, the camera will just see a car pull out in front of me, happy days, pedal to the metal, yeeeeee haaaa! "

    Some of the comments are hilarious,

    lithium mining bla bla, as if the Prius used lithium in it's battery dumb ass !

    Then another comment good to hear Slim Dusty playing , who the fack is Slim Dusty ? lol.


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    #136
    Jesus.
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,794 ✭✭✭Jesus.


    I'm guessing it was down in Oz, MadLad


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    #137
    [Deleted User]
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    yeah I read that in the comments.


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    #138
    Gazzmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Gazzmonkey


    Hachiko wrote: »
    modern diesels, no matter how refined are not as smooth as petrols, my lexus is almost silent compared to diesels.

    I had my car just a few weeks, and so quiet it was i once stepped out of it in a car park and was startled at the noise of the diesel rumbling away once i opened the door, it was a good 10/15 feet away from me.

    not just a lexus, pretty much any modern petrol is much more refined than a diesel

    I would agree 100%


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    #139
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    walus wrote: »
    I agree - if diesel it has to be an automatic. Takes the clutch and dmf problems out of the equation as well.

    The VAG DSG has a DMF ;)


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    #140
    sword1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,991 ✭✭✭sword1


    Sorry if the answer to this is obvious, but do we not still have diesel generated power in Ireland, if so how much better for the environment is an electric car powered by a diesel generator than powered by its own diesel engine


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    #141
    [Deleted User]
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    sword1 wrote: »
    Sorry if the answer to this is obvious, but do we not still have diesel generated power in Ireland, if so how much better for the environment is an electric car powered by a diesel generator than powered by its own diesel engine

    Why would you want to do this ?

    No matter what fuel produces electricity, electrics are far more efficient and power stations have to keep burning fuel at night to be ready for demand.

    Huge electricity is consumed to refine petrol and diesel, so this electricity would be far better and more efficiently used by charging batteries.

    It also means ev's charging at night can use wind that is otherwise turned off during low demand.

    The same with hydrogen, serious energy is used to produce hydrogen, it's getting more efficient no doubt about that but still far off the efficiency of charging batteries.


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    #142
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users Posts: 5,540 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/uk-under-pressure-european-air-quality-ruling

    Interesting article from Autocar regarding the affect of diesels on air quality in the UK.


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    #143
    Special Circumstances
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    captainspeed wrote: »
    http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/uk-under-pressure-european-air-quality-ruling

    Interesting article from Autocar regarding the affect of diesels on air quality in the UK.

    Imagine the complete consternation if an action group forced the irish government to penalise daysuls. Chape tax removed from diesels and applied to petrols regardless of engine size and dirty diesels banned from urban areas.

    Kabooom, a nation apoplectic with rage, worse than negative equity on a crapbox and water charges combined.

    Begrudgery is a terrible thing but it would actually be funny to see the whole diesel/petrol thing reversed overnight. Like flicking a switch the bar stool "you'd be a fool to buy petrol" advice would be turned on its head. People debadging diesel cars and filling tanks in the dead of night trying to convince the neighbours it was a petrol car, sales of acoustic insulation through roof.

    Hahaha, some men just want to watch the world burn...


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    #144
    braddun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭braddun


    ultra-low sulphur diesel


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    #145
    [Deleted User]
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    We already have ulsd


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    #146
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    We already have ulsd
    I think it's a bot. Have a look at other posts. Definitely fails the turing test.


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    #147
    Gazzmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Gazzmonkey


    It appears the article only refers to old type diesel engines, nothing to worry about really.


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    #148
    Sabre Man
    Registered Users Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭Sabre Man


    Increasing tax on older and dirtier diesel cars would be a good start.


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    #149
    Sabre Man
    Registered Users Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭Sabre Man


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    No it wouldnt

    You're right. Let's just ban them instead.


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    #150
    Special Circumstances
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    Gazzmonkey wrote: »
    It appears the article only refers to old type diesel engines, nothing to worry about really.

    The whole gist of this thread is that even the latest diesels will struggle to meet nox emissions without ever more expensive tech to mitigate their fundamental nastiness.


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    #151
    visual
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,268 ✭✭✭visual


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    The whole gist of this thread is that even the latest diesels will struggle to meet nox emissions without ever more expensive tech to mitigate their fundamental nastiness.

    Little turbo petrol burning engine oil because it's maxed out and returns bad mpg in real world isn't the way forward.


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