[BC] Gas Prices

[Mike McCarthy]

We're seriously considering a Prius for our personal car. We've driven them 
a few times as rentals and averaged 45MPG. Not a bad car.

I'm waiting for the 2007 model year cars to come with the European diesel 
engines which net 40 MPG and have some real GO. Mecerdes and VW both have 
screamer turbo diesels which run on low sulfer fuel and get 40 MPG.  I seem 
to recall hearing that SAAB and Volvo also are developing high performance 
diesels as well.

Right now is not the best time to buy a diesel as the manufacturers have 
nothing new in anticipation of the new fuel rules which go into effect Jan 
1., 2007.  After that, expect to see a flood of diesel models coming 
forward from companies which have serious European connections.  Like 
Chrysler.  If fuel prices stay this high AND the companies can show the 
diesels with pizzaz and good fuel economy, expect them to lead off the lots.

I have yet to hear a peep from Ford or GM on any domestic high performance 
diesels for vehicles however. Everything is gasoline. The Duramax engine is 
a great engine.  But they can't produce them fast enough and the plan 
doesn't have them going into anything but the HD  trucks.  So that means 
the Suburban/Yukon class vehicle (built on the same platform as the 1500 
series truck) won't have the advantage which Ford has on their Excursion 
which has the Powerstroke engine.

MM

At 06:32 AM 7/9/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Same here...but mine's a Prius. Averaging around 48.5 MPG in Houston, TX.
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>Fred Morton, CSRE
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Tekel" <amstereoexp at yahoo.com>
>To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:02 PM
>Subject: [BC] Gas Prices
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>>Mike Erickson wrote:
>>>Premium on Long Island went from $2.49 to $2.77 almost overnight...
>>>regular from $2.25 to $2.45
>>High fuel prices make me glad I'm driving a car which gets 40 to 45 MPG
>>and doesn't burn a single drop of gasoline.  Actually, there are many
>>advantages to owning a diesel-powered automobile, so higher fuel economy
>>and lower fuel costs are merely the icing on the cake.  For example, on
>>long trips, my passengers and I need to stop more often for food and
>>bathroom breaks than my car needs to stop for fuel.  (It has an 18.5
>>gallon tank, and an EPA highway rating of 47 MPG -- you do the math!)
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