"Eisboch" wrote in
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I will never own another diesel in a car as
long as I live, unless that's the only thing going. As lots of the
other posters have said, they are NOT made for high revving.


Turbo diesels have improved immensely since 1985. Hours between
rebuilds may have decreased from the old, low RPM, non-turbo diesels,
but they still provide a very decent service life, usually 3 or 4
times that of a gasoline engine. I've had somewhat newer Volvo turbo
diesels in a boat (1999), a Ford truck (that engine had some issues,
but when it was fixed, it ran it great) , a John Deere tractor and in
a Dodge (Mercedes) Sprinter. You can stand beside the Sprinter
while it's running and not realize it's a diesel.

I really like modern diesels. I traded the '05 F-350 diesel truck in
for an '07 gas powered Ford Ranger.
I regret that now. The F-350 had twice the pep, got better fuel
mileage and hauled or towed anything.

Eisboch


I don't have a problem with diesels in high torque, low revving
situations,like a big ole truck or boat. I just wouldn't have one in any
car. This whole thread was started about some high revving diesels in a
boat that seemed like they could be a problem. The whole point of diesels
are their incredible torque. Everytime they try to make one into a high
revving sports car engine, its disaster. Yet they keep trying. I keep
reading about a Mercedes diesel that's supposed to be as quiet and clean
as a gas engine. What's the point! Gas is cleaner and quieter already and
getting more so, the fuel is the same or cheaper cost, and easier to use
(I hate filling a diesel tank on a car; because of the foaming it takes
forever). The slightly better mileage (again I talking about a car) is
usually more than offset by the intial higher investment. By they time
they come up with a good diesel car, they could have perfected the fuel
cell and eliminated the whole internal combustion mess anyway!