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Originally Posted by bwilson4web
There is a 3d option IF your primary requirement is just highway driving, diesel with a manual transmission. They don't match urban driving but they do just fine cruising down the highway. I don't know their 'price /performance' numbers but some of the diesel advocates talk about them as if they are all but free, look fine and run a long time . . . unlike what they perceive as horribly complex, unreliable and expensive hybrid electrics. <GRINS>
Bob Wilson
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surprisingly the diesel (40.6 usMPG) showed up right behind the prius (45.2 usMPG). Not bad at all, I remember reading about a guy who left his diesel truck idling until it ran out of gas, 3 months later the diesel engine finally stalled!
Diesel is good competition too, but I'm glad the emissions laws are getting tougher, that thing is indeed dirty
i got around 20 km a liter when i drove a civic 5 spd using advanced hypermiler techniques
and now I drive a salvage nwh20 prius that gets almost to 25 km/l with 192,000 km to date.