Bruce in Bangkok wrote in
:

I suppose I'm out of touch but what is a "Smart CDi diesel car"? A
maker called "Smart" or does that refer to the engine controls?

I ask as all the newer diesel pickups made in Thailand have computer
controlled injection these days.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VAXWrNojlw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJICDGT8G5A
This guy had the camera strapped to the steering wheel...(c;

http://www.smartplanet.com/news/tran...fortwo-diesel-
coming-to-britain-in-2009.htm

640 miles on 33l of petrol....and it's really FUN to drive!

Diesel Smart isn't coming to the USA because it gets too much mileage
for our oil company politicians to stomach. The dealer here says maybe
in 2010. Canada has them now. I want the basic model in bright yellow
with 3-cyl diesel I can run on my successful used vegoil/mineral spirit
blend like my other vehicles, except the Honda Reflex scooter of course.

Gas cars I have no use for.

A dealer in New Brunswick said he'd have one all polished up and
licensed in NB when I arrived with the US cash. "We love American
dollars in New Brunswick!", he said to me. If I drive it 500 miles
inside Canada before coming home in it, I get to play the old European
delivery game Mercedes Benz has played for decades....buy the car and
fly to Germany to drive it around Europe then fly it home on Lufthansa's
special plane as a used Benz for lots less tariff ripoff than new.

It would be a great trip in the little car, a real vacation. I'd stop
by my old hometown in upstate NY and visit some old mates I haven't seen
in 30 years on the way back. I have an uncle in Manheim, PA, who is
still alive. He'd love to put me up for a few days rest....(c;

33l/100km and only 66gm/km carbon, the lowest carbon footprint on the
planet. The trip back would be quite cheap...even at $5/gallon for #2
fuel oil!