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I still remember the funny/deceptive "math" used in Tesla lease calculations, billing out gas/diesel refueling at $100/hr for 15 minutes. Can't make this stuff up.
These numbers are not adjusted for seasonality, which can further decrease range 20 to 35%! ?
Meanwhile gasoline prices slump!? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/brent-oil-falls-north-korea-085250646.html
So if normal "Gulf of Mexico" 's production is 5% of USA GoM @ 400,000 bbls * 13 gal ULSD = 5.2 M gal of ULSD. ( pre Hurriacane Harvey)
And finding a station. In my several years of diesel driving, I have encountered very few stations in the PNW that don't carry it, likely due to the commercial vehicles and trucks here.
I've also had zero issues finding ULSD ! The numbers of fueling stations & % of diesel cars & need to fuel less often, make it easy to argue there are way too many diesel filling stations. Vs gasoline.
Indeed, I do not want to be responsible for crowding up truck fueling stations that do not wish to be more crowded!
More times than I remember, I've been waved forward by truckers taking on fuel!
Depending on perspectives, one can look at this in a number of ways.
Some of the truck stops I've been sell a host of truck/car related @ pricing slightly more than Walmarts.
Diesels on the other hand, (sans) diesel haters efforts, can do the B/E EASILY! The 2014 MB GLK 250 BT started off -$500 cheaper than like model gasoline. Another, is that the 250 BT posts 36 mpg versus 21 mpg (for the premium gasoline, like mile).
IF gasoline, gasoline hybrid, EV could even match ULSD, the press would shout that news out & customers would chose those over like models!? This flat out is not happening.
But not to worry? What's new about global gobbledygook ?
In addition I t would seem that with the large car & CUV/SUV trends, the diesel option actually achieves better mpg than the gasoline, gasoline hybrid, EV, etc! ! o
I hope that those wanting to do the VW buyback in the affected areas were not impacted.
On the highway back to San Diego last night I got to see how the GMC Canyon Diesel performs. The first 84 miles to Baker is limited to 65 MPH. Cruising at that speed the computer showed 31 MPG. When I hit Interstate 15 at 70+ MPH it started dropping at bit. It is showing 28.9 MPG at the end of the 344 mile trip back. I will know exactly when I fill it back up. It looks like the 21 gallon tank should be good for close to 600 miles on the highway.
The handling and ride are not quite as refined as the VW Touareg. However the Bose speakers and sound system are superior on classical music. The Canyon is quiet as can be expected of a PU Truck. Very pleasant 5 hour drive except a few miles of congestion on the I215 around San Bernardino. I will not miss having freeways in Pahrump. 40k people and no traffic jams, and only 3 stop lights.
My guess is VW will want fixes to keep most 3.0 L engines in the PVF! The VW variant Porsche Cayenne is a mainstay ! If they are successfu,l they can bring back the diesel. I would buy mine back in a heartbeat.
Yes, CPMD: (cost per mile driven) is the ultimate arbiter!? Application/s is/are very important also.
If all we did are 7 mile trips, that can easily be done in a golf cart!? But kWh are expensive in South Lake Tahoe, CA.
Your mileage on that GMC Canyon TDI is proof positive that diesel are an absolute killer application of diesels, aka TDI's! 28 to 31 MPG versus 19 to 22 MPG! gasoline! There is no doubt in my mind that if I needed or wanted the ocompact pick up truck, which engine I would choose! BUT we already know diesels are a niche market.
I inadvertently got in touch with my diesel mechanic. After a while catching up with personal things, the subject got around to what he thought of the 2.1 L MB TTDI! He owns them & runs them stock! Without getting TMI, they are well-built, durable and reliable! Outside of the normal stuff like oil and filter change air filter's, injectors might need changing anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000 miles. They are easier to work on vs VW's. It's a definite thumbs up !
A side note, I was asked about the Canyon diesel about 5 times in the 10 days I drove it in Pahrump. No one was ever interested in the Touareg TDI, unless they also had one. You would think it was an exotic sports car with the attention I got.
My mechanic runs 20,000 miles OCI's on his MB 2.1 L TTDI engines! He had no issues with the 30,000 miles interval with Mobil One ESP 5w40. He told me to email the oil analysis results, if I had concerns or wanted an average OCI (based on TMI for this posting) . I do not. So between 300,000 to 500,000 I will have him do the injectors !?
http://www.gmc.com/trucks/canyon-small-pickup-truck/build-and-price.html#/exterior
Trailering will, of course, have the biggest effect. Since your mileage seems to be similar to my Q7, I am going to surmise that, if you trailer, you will likely see 17-19 average pulling 2-4,000#. That's what I showed when I pulled a covered, double-axle 6x12 U-Haul trailer to Anchorage and back last March. I think the trailer is about 2,200# empty, and I only put maybe a half-ton in it on the way home. Other than the bulk, I didn't even notice it was back there!
There can be a fair number of variables (TMI) why psi should be more or less.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-flips-switch-increase-range-232915375.html
As it applies to cars, the events might apply to potentially 15 M cars!!?? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the car damage, let alone the overall damage!
It starts off with way different torque & rpm curves. A few too many expect the diesel should act like a gasoline engine. I've read some gasoline engines are fully broken in by 1,000 miles. I know that some to all PVF diesel engines can take anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 miles to break in & post app 1/2 mpg more. Anecdotally all 4 of mine seemed to do exactly that. But even I must say I am the common link to all 4 TDI's. But this was a truth WAY before my TDI involvement. .
Interesting VW strategic news? https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/12/volkswagen-emissions-scandal-ceo-says-diesel-has-a-great-future.html?ref=yfp
That stretch of 2-lane highway is much faster pace than I15 during normal hours. Without admitting any guilt I'd say cars on their way to Spring Mountain accomplished those 84 miles in under 60 minutes
It's also has seemed pretty easy to blend in like a local, in my case, South Lake Tahoe, CA/NV.
Got to see a Porsche Cayenne diesel. It had two side diesel markings with no rear markings. Two BMW's 3,5 series rounded out this diesel sighting day.
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I as I'm sure many others, cut their driving teeth on " sealed" beam headlamps (when Mohammad was a foot soldier) . As a result, I've few to no night illusions.
But really the answer has been far simpler & hidden in plain sight & for DECADES! When was the last time the lighting (adjustment) specification were changed? The aim on my ancient 1960 seal beams are the same for those 2017 gee whiz Xenon jobs.
15+ will get you a ticket. 14 and under and your probably fine. Do slow down from 14 over though when you see them, or they should rightfully give you a ticket for less over since you appear to be situation-ally unaware (more dangerous than speeding itself).
When your out in the middle of nowhere, a radar detector going off is a true alarm, no false alarms in Nowheresville! In the City is a different story. Therefore, advantage driver with radar detector in isolated areas!
You can easily slow down to the speed limit before their radar grabs you.
Oh, driving to Baker from Pahrump is where I convinced myself that speed estimates (visually) by cops from over 1,000 feet away are a complete BS Science that the Court believes is true!!!!! It is a requirement in CA that they first estimate your speeding speed, then turn on the radar to confirm (in that order). For example, I was driving 65 this particular time, the speed limit, and I saw a suspicious looking car on the side of the road that looked like it might be a cop, they turned right onto the road facing me from very far away. A few seconds later my detector gets hit with radar on my car.
Now why would he use his radar on me if he estimated my speed to be the speed limit first (lawful compliance?) The only answer is that he popped his radar on because he had no idea how fast I was going, which I wish the Courts would believe. Thankfully, he didn't pull me over for driving the speed limit.
The lighting in the Q7 is pretty darn good, too, but has sharper cut offs than the Forester. I am not sure if it is Xenon or LED. It's 2014 model, so probably not LED? At any rate, the lights don't produce much heat. And, while one might think that is good, I discovered in the Utah blizzard last spring (while coming up I15) that it has its downside, too. I had to stop on four separate occasions to break ice off the front of the vehicle so I could see well enough ahead to continue driving! The first time, we had nearly 4" of ice build up (horizontally) on the front of the car, including over the headlights. I have never experienced ice build up like that before; and never any sort of buildup on the lights.
So given what you're saying in CA, anecdotal experience has been variable & situational 74/75/76 mph can/will get you that "why aren't you in the slow lane" look? ! Morre times than I can count, in trying to complete a pass @ 85 + mph one had to hot foot the pass for an impatient CHP on the six. Other times 64 mph 65 mph was like whistling past the graveyard.
I really (even after 17 years) enjoy the use of a premium radar detector. So for me early on, the real utility of the radar detector is to learn to adjust your sight, attention patterns, situational awareness & intuition. Most times before the detector goes off, I know the CHP is there. The real interesting thing in CA , the majority of CHP cars do not carry or use radar detectors. So procedurally, that requires them to pace one within 1/8 of a mile to confirm suspicions. So for example I have been gunned by a CHP traveling in the opposite direction. He swung around to close & either gun me again or pace me. By that time, I was at the limit No/ more joy!
On the downside of the radar detector, I got a ticket trying to get out of the way (sooner) of a parked CHP patrol car (partially in the #2 lane) that I could not see, yet knew lane change was the better part of valor. I should have hit him as he was illegally parked on the roadway.
I fought it in court, but the judge was obvious not a radar detector fan. It was pay the full fine or do traffic school/no points/discount fine.
He also asked to search my trunk (I had my wife and baby/toddler in the car), due to the drug corridor problem. I was in the Red S4. I asked if he would take long before giving an answer, and he said it would be quick, so I gave him permission to look in the trunk. He took all of 1 second to see all our luggage back there, and said OK, and closed the trunk for us. Probably just could of said no, but didn't want to risk escalating the situation and I knew we were clean.
I actually did perform a twisty mountain pass late at night recently to test them out. On high beams I could see every flying insect for at least 100 yards. They work great. I would not want to go back to halogens.
So, tired of going 5-10 under the SL (which, IIRC, was 75), I pulled out and punched it. Ah, that TDI is compliant. I ended up passing all of them, at 85 (ten over the SL), and not a single other vehicle pulled out to pass. With about ten vehicles to go, I was starting to think there might be a LEO in front of this pack or something. Just about that time, a vehicle came around the bend ahead, so I punched it up to about 100 to finish off the last few and get over with plenty of room to spare... hoping that I was wrong about the LEO!
All was well. My wife was annoyed with me.
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