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| Re: Why not more fuel-efficient RVs | Al T. | I have been searching for a fuel efficient RV for years. The only thing I found is the Vixen TD. Made from 1986-89. They were way ahead of their time and the diesel model got 30 mpg !!!
Also, If you talk to 18 wheeler drivers, those big rigs get 6-7 mpg and their moving 50-60,000 lbs or more! Why does a 20,000lb motorhome get only 7-8mpg? Bad designs? Wind resistance? Or is it gearing? | See RoTi item |
| Re: The first hybrid-electric Class A motorhome chassis | Gerald K | Yes, this is a step in the right direction. With both Fleetwood and Winnebago building prototypes no doubt other manufacturers will do the same and other chassis builders will come up with new developments. Looks good. | See RoTi item |
| Re: Why don't we want the diesel? | Wain C | We had a 1997 Passat with over 300K miles on it, original engine and transmission great car our son total it, the engine was noisy but not offensive the smell out of the tail pipe was like burnt alcohol. Since we just got out from under our lease just on time for the release of the new 2009 TDI's, we could not pass the opportunity. This one is even better and smoother than previous ones, Wonderful technology i could not understand why our government deprived us from it for so long. We live in Southern CA diesel fuel is available just about everywhere. Just recently took a trip to the Bay area did not have to fill up on the way there just once on the way back home, the range is amazing i could not imagine myself going back to gasoline ever again. | See RoTi item |
| Re: Why don't we want the diesel? | Richard A | The old image of diesel power seems to still linger....unjustifiably so I feel...had we had a good assortment of diesel powered cars that would have been my choice on my last purchase....its about time we woke up... | See RoTi item |
| Re: The first hybrid-electric Class A motorhome chassis | Pete Acton | A step in the right direction. | See RoTi item |
| Re: The first hybrid-electric Class A motorhome chassis | Richard A | Greater fuel efficiency on a truck diesel/electric chassis has been running around our cities for some time..in the form of diesel electric buses....thank you Freightliner for FINALLY doing something with RV's | See RoTi item |
| Re: Why don't we want the diesel? | Logjam | I drove a 2000 VW Golf TDI until last year. True, it was more fuel efficient than a gas engine, but the maintenance costs far outweighed that advantage. | See RoTi item |
| Re: Why don't we want the diesel? | Ross Peters | I don't understand why people are demanding hybrid vehicles with very very expensive batteries when diesels give better mileage. It'll cost a lot of money to replace those batteries when the time comes. | See RoTi item |
| Re: Why diesel costs more than gas | vince | Hey Nick,I am sure u are from eastern Canada and by the way, western Canada and the US have the same problem with u as u do with us.Explain to me why the oil companies together coal industry lobbied so hard with the commodities exchange to get diesel and coal taken off the exchange?Seems to anybody with a high school education or better(i dont know if Quebec goes that high,not sure of Ontario either or France for that matter)seems to me that those in that industry made sure a global free fall wouldnt happen in the diesel and coal(kerosene) markets and withdrawals from commodities traded status were supported by the government here in the US ,which just happened to be oil lowlifes.By the way Nick Exxon does buy there fuel,u are right about something, but pays basket prices for it, which are 3 to 6 dollars a barrel lower then what the comparative futures contracts trade at;because remember they pull up with a ship to a bigger pump then we do, with a bigger credit card and can take physical delivery of a commidity,hence get cash price advantages and dont pass them on to us.WASNT AT&T BROKEN UP FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE TELEPHONE INDUTRY TEARS AGO?WHY NOT THEM? Get your facts straight Mr.Nick-there was pretty much an organized rip off by oil companies,called a monopoly or conspiracy supported pretty much by the US government and that great texan MR.Bush,whom drove every company he ever worked for into the ground and the US too and I ate his bs and voted for him ..shoot me dead.ON the buy up of oil futures and physical contracts starting in 2003, commodities houses,hedge fund managers and swaps insurers,etc, in nyc and chicago all took advantage of depressed fuel commodities markets and made everyone all over the world feel the pinch quickly and all those oil men politicians in the good ole US new about it.The only thing Enron did wrong was made,to stay with the good ole south western motiefe,"pull the trigger to quick" ENRON bought huge positions in long oil calls 6 to 8 months to early probably without hedge against there loses when oil,at that time ,took a major turn to the down side and Enron was naked in there position,meaning Mr.Nick that there losses were snow balling and were halted by the courts.During there bankruptcy a year later,there positions were making money guys.We need diesel and coal put back on the big board and traded daily ;not controlled by producers wearing 6 shooters, cowboy hats-boots and spurs that jiggle-jangle;not just traded only in etfs-exchange traded funds that tend to mirror moves in prices not on a real time scale and not as violatile as would be a futures or a physical price on the NYMEX or other commodities board.The prices of diesel and kerosene are crazy.merry xmas | See RoTi item |
| Re: Why don't we want the diesel? | rusty jim | I have driven gas trucks for over 50 years. Last year I bought a diesel pick up to tow my 5th wheel. It weighs 10,000lbs and the gas truck would strain to pull it up hills, but with the diesel I hardly know its back there and I am getting 12 to 14 miles per gallon. Try getting that with a gas engine.there is no comparison. | See RoTi item |
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