"Matt Clara" wrote in message
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"Bill Tuthill" wrote in message
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Matt Clara wrote:

What do you want to talk about? I'm interested in a discussion
of vehicles with good fuel economy that can carry a lot of gear.

I suppose you'd have to define "a lot," because a car may not be big
enough
and you need an SUV, etc., but if a car will do, I'd recommend a
Volkswagen
Passat TDI stationwagon. They're full sized cars and the TDI with
manual
transmission gets upwards of fifty miles to the gallon. You can drive a
Passat from Michigan to Florida and back on a tank and a half of fuel.
The
engines will last 250,000 miles and more if treated properly. The rest
of
the car will fall apart around it, but that engine'll just keep on
goin...
I have a Jetta TDI, and it's too small. The Jetta wagon would have been
a
better choice.

TDI means diesel, right? Have you experimented with biodiesel?


Yes, it means diesel, and, no, I've not tried biodiesel. It's a 50 minute
round trip drive to the nearest service station selling it. I do have a
bumper sticker that says BIODIESEL: no war required. I will make that trip
one of these days before too long (before it gets cold--I hear the shtuff
gels up something fierce in cold weather).

One more plus for diesel over hybrid--diesel doesn't dog out in the
mountains.

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