[Vwdiesel] New Honda 2.2 Diesel

[Shawn Wright]

My '85 Jetta TD routinely got better than that (average about 5L/100km). 
My '85 Jetta 1.6NA now gets about 5.5. But any movement in diesel is a 
good thing, even it's a H*nda. I wouldn't be caught dead in one though...

On 15 Aug 2005 at 17:16, David Cook <vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Now that is cool!
> 
> I'm watching it again because I accidently started it
> over and can't get it to fast forward.
> 
> Here's a tip for those of us who want to convert
> mileage when given in liters/100kilometers...
> 
> Use Google!
> 
> Just type in the conversion in the search bar and hit
> enter.  Google will do the rest!
> 
> Example:
> "convert 5.4 liters/100 kilometers to mpg " (from the
> Honda video)
> 
> The only thing is that according to Google, it is only
> 43.5 MPG.  Not bad, but a TDI can beat that.  I
> thought Honda had developed a car that achieved 100 or
> 200 MPG?  (Although if you look closely, that video is
> from June of 2003, so maybe they've developed it way
> further since then.)
> 
> Anyway, Diesel technology is always interesting to me.
> 
> David
> 
> --- Wade Yorke <wade at carsand.com> wrote:
> 
> > Here is a link to an animated description of Honda's
> > new 2.2 diesel.  
> > Perhaps it will come to North America when we get
> > the low sulphur fuel. 
> >   Fantastic technology!
> > 
> >
> http://world.honda.com/HDTV/news/2003-4030226_1a/index.html
> > 
> > Wade Yorke
> > Nova Scotia
> > '84 Westy 1.9TD
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> 
> 
> David Cook
> Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
> Red '90 g60 Corrado 
> Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
> and others in various states of disrepair
> Pictures here: community.webshots.com/user/superdave5599
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Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy