I had a little 1981 or so VW diesel for a year- cost $25.00 from salvage tow guy. got about 45+ MPG. Paperwork not available situation meant didn"t run it after the 1st year so back to salvage yard. Engine ran good summer, glowplugs going out meant hard winter start. Other problems were not linked to diesel- rusty body, exhaust and brakes worn were from previous college student owner not maintaining. Guy at work had a Mazda(?) diesel pickup- engine good, body falling apart. Brother had a Escort diesel, good economy runner but he didn"t maintain brakes , body, etc. The small car diesels based on small gas designs sold here get mistreated and abused- the engines may not get proper oil changes and bodies get rust here in Wisconsin-so cars get poor rep because of owner. Pickups have better rep because most of the pickup owners know enough to maintain them properly and frames, suspension are built stronger. The old Mercedes still runs because the Mercedes owners could usually afford to change oil and filters when they were supposed to. Another problem in US now for small diesel cars is the pollution laws- getting picky about soot and nitrous acid- a reseult of high temperature diesel ignition. US diesel is as of 2007 or 8 now the ultra low sulfur content that the europeans have been using for a few more years- this helps meet the EPA low sulfuric acid limits but it wasn"t widely available until recently- a minor problem for the little cars trying to meet EPA standards couple years back with "available" diesel fuel. Pickups using "dirty" fuel had a lesser pollution standard so they passed wher "passenger cars" couldn"t. Now combine ultra low sulfur refinery cost with the jets and heating oil customers bumping price of diesel higher than gas and car customers still wanting automatic transmissions instead of as in Europe liking standard transmissions and you have some reasons why small diesels aren"t selling as good as they should in US as compared to Europe. RN.
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