Are we just gonna take it?

[Big_Daddy_T]

With over 4 million light duty diesel owners in the good ol US. Are we gonna let them take em away. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0CYH/20_7/110471046/p1/article.jhtml I do not want to lose my diesels. Lets get off our butts and start writing our representatives. They have to rewrite the rules. Im not gonna take this lying down.

 

[Big_Daddy_T]

I just wanted to add this



"In a similar vein, Levin added that "the very word 'diesel' still evokes a negative image" that must be overcome with effective clean-diesel demonstrations. Lauding diesels for fuel-economy and oil-reduction potential, Levin also praised a bill introduced earlier this year by U. S. House Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich. ) that would spur tax credits for clean-diesel cars (see Diesel Fuel News 6/9/03, p11). "Hopefully there will be follow-through in the House and Senate," Levin said, although Dingell's bill is stuck for now in the House Energy & Commerce Committee"



With enough leverage they could get the bill moving. Lets flex our muscles. We gotta do it soon or it will be too late. Can you feel the end coming. I can. We only have two years to get it all fixed and you know how long this stuff takes.

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

urea-SCR



Hmmm... Looks like EGR is out for 2007. Instead there is going to be a bucket of p*ss under the hood



Everybody better start scrambling to scrounge up a 600,or better yet a 555, before its toooo late! Oo. :{ :-laf

 

[Intelman34]

If they give us crap fuel to burn, crap is bound to come out the tailpipe.



Do they do their emissions testing with the "new" diesel that is coming in 2006(?) and in Europe now or are they using the current crapola?

 

[Big_Daddy_T]

Cant you see. They arent able to make em 07 compliant. Urea is the only way to do it without a serious drop in fuel mileage. I for one bought my truck because of its fuel mileage. I will not buy a diesel that does not get better mileage than a gasser.

If we dont start doing something about it now. We are going to lose our god given right to buy a diesel.

 

[rrausch]

This kind of Moronic Socialist cr@p is all Population driven--and if we don't get control of Immigration, we will all be driving Donkey Carts!



I agree, we must get involved.

 

[rbattelle]

Do you actually have to urinate periodically into a "urea-SCR" catalyst? I must confess ignorance on this.

 

[Big_Daddy_T]

Nah the urea will be available at gas stations. It needs refilled periodically. Epas big problem is that people wont refill when they run out. DC and others are trying to find a way to make sure the epa is happy with it. It has to work for 120 or 150k, cant remember which, without any maintanence or the epa is gonna **!tcan it. Unfortunately there isnt technology available that can make it that far.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Maybe killing diesels with emissions controls to the point economy is equal to or worse than gassers is their roundabout way of getting rid of diesel vehicles. . . which of course is what a lot of these yahoos want.



Vaughn

 

[hammersley]

Sure am glad I have my last new one - will rebuild till I'm planted!

 

[Sticks]

Originally posted by hammersley

Sure am glad I have my last new one - will rebuild till I'm planted!

Until a law changes and they enforce the newer EPA Emission regulations on the older vehicles to get them off the road.



Put the ol' girl in an air tight box until you can get the collector tags.

 

[R-N-R]

From today's AutoBeat Daily...



CUMMINS BOOSTS OUTLOOK. Cummins Inc. says its first-quarter and full-year earnings will be at least 50% and 25% higher than previously forecast, respectively. The Columbus, Ind. -based diesel engine maker announced yesterday during its annual meeting that it expects sales revenue to grow 15% this year as demand revives for big-truck diesels. Cummins says first-quarter earnings will be 65-75 cents per share vs. its previous guidance of 40-50 cents. It now expects full-year per-share earnings to be $4-$4. 20 vs. $3. 20-$3. 40 forecast earlier.



HYBRID, CLEAN-DIESEL AWARENESS GROWS. Three out of four U. S. consumers who bought a light vehicle over the past three years are aware of hybrid electric powertrains, according to a survey by J. D. Power and Associates. The study also says 40% of consumers claim to know something about clean diesel engines. Awareness of both technologies is about 10 percentage points higher than it was when the firm conducted a similar study two years ago. J. D. Power points out that interest in both technologies will increase as fuel prices rise. The consumers it

surveyed predict gasoline costs will rise an average of only 2% annually, although about 25% expect fuel prices to increase at three times that rate. The researchers estimate the cost premiums for clean diesels and hybrid powertrains are $2,500 and $4,000, respectively—prices that would take many years to offset through fuel savings.