[geeks] Race Tracks

[Michael Parson]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 12:40:16PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Fri, 27 Apr 2007 @ 10:32 -0500, Michael Parson said:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 04:49:49PM -0700, velociraptor wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> In the meantime, the next vehicle will probably be a diesel Beetle
>>> with a 2" lift to off-set the oil-pan busting risks, or a diesel Golf.
>>> Most likely a Beetle b/c they don't seem to hold the premium price
>>> that the Golfs, Jettas and Passats do.
>>
>> TDI Beetles are already over here.  Unfortunately their entire website
>> seems to be flash based now, and their 'build your own' page doesn't
>> seem to let me choose a non-gasoline engine. :-/
>>
>> I've seen them on the lot and on the road.
>>
>>> Bonus points: all VW diesels can tow a class 2 trailer.
>>
>> Love my '05 Passat TDI. =)
>
> Do you guys have plenty of local diesel sources?

I've not had any problems finding it, but I'm in Texas, and we can
supply our own oil. ;)

> Around here I couldn't help but notice diesel was getting really
> expensive, sometimes quite a bit more than gasoline, and some stations
> have only one or no diesel pumps at all.

Cost-wise, it's going for about what Regular-grade gas goes for.

> I suppose you can always use a truck stop of course.

Which I have been known to do, just out of convenience.

> I hope that this gets more popular, although a lot of distributors
> claim that boosting the amount of diesel will increases costs.
>
> My take: yet another excuse to increase prices without any genuine
> reason.

Diesel use to be cheaper to make than gasoline, but I have a feeling
that the process for making the new Ultra Low Sulfur stuff might have
changed that rather significantly.

But still, I get 28-30 mpg around town, and 38-42 on the highway.

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org