[LMB] More bad news for Pius drivers OT:

[Mark Allums]

anmar mirza wrote:
> I didn't think it was a complete test, either.  Driving style alone accounts
> 
> for a lot.  To complete the test, they should have switched drivers and
> driven
> back.

Well, really, they should drive back in the same cars, and then repeat 
the round trip with switched drivers.


> In 1986 I bought a Ford Escort with a 1.9l diesel engine.  I could take four
> cavers
> and all our gear down to TAG for the weekend and get better than 40mpg.
> If I was driving by myself I could squeeze 47-48 out of it on the highway,
> and in town it typically did 38-40.  But then the EPA nixed small diesels
> because of the emissions problems of the era.

We had a Diesel Rabbit in the 70s.  It routinely got about 51 mpg, back 
when Diesel fuel was cheaper than gasoline.  It's rear tires lasted 
forever, too, for some reason.

It was a good car.  Volkswagen no longer builds good cars.  That's why 
one must upgrade to a BMW.

--Mark Allums