The other night my friend Fred from work invited

October 13th, 2009 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines, General

The other night my friend Fred from work invited me to go with him to a Los Angeles Dodger game. A few months back I had got him some great seats for a USC game and he was returning the favor. I asked him if he would drive and I would pay for the gas and dinner. I asked him to drive because Fred owns a Used Volkswagen Jetta with a diesel engine. I have been thinking about getting a car or truck with a diesel engine and wanted to see how his car drives. I was very surprised as to how nice the c

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N&W #1100 Experimental “Twelve-Wheeler”

October 12th, 2009 Comments Off Posted in Engines, General

by Emmett Smith Believe it or not, this 1947-8 Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 Mastodon switcher (!) even after experimental re-shopping didn’t have superheating. When I first noticed this Norfolk & Western Railway experimental unit the night before last, I thought I’d stumbled onto another  operation similar to that of Delaware & Hudson Railroad’s President L F “High Pressure” Loree.  I’d written up his experiments of the late 1920s and the early ‘thirties at the beginning of

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Finding the sweet spot: Can GMC Terrain and Chevrolet Traverse … – USA Today

September 27th, 2009 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines, General

Run for your life, it’s the Disco Pinto! Emmy night is a busy night for Audi as it promotes its diesel SUVs Comment Recommend These days, General Motors gets most of the attention for products it hasn’t yet put on sale, like the   Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car. But in terms of GM’s survival, the launch of the GMC Terrain and Chevrolet Equinox small crossovers are far more important.
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