GT wrote:
> I find that once you get a diesel to a useable rev range and accelerate
for
> a few seconds you have run out of revs and have to change gear again -
far
> from a relaxing effortless drive! On the other hand, with my petrol
engine,
> above about 25-30mph and you can stick it in top gear and leave it
there. It
> will happily pull in any gear with revs over about 1200 all the way to
> 6000+, but diesels I have driven required me to be in the right gear and
way
> over 1500 revs and they run out of revs around 3000-4000, just as the
power
> starts to arrive!
I agree but only because I drive diesels like petrols. When they seem to
just get going they run out of steam. In reality though using the
torque band (typically around 1800-3500) makes for more rapid progress.
Just for petrol heads it doesn't feel that fast. One advantage though is
that it is less obvious to passengers so has the advantage of being less
prone to nagging...
For me driving is not about outright speed (driving a 1.2 Corsa
irresponsibly enough will win the combined urban, country journey) but
the sensation of performance. Hence diesels just don't do it for me, but
each to their own - I never liked low down grunt petrols either,
preferring the smaller higher revving units - what Italian engines mean
to me, but then I am of the older Alfa generation...
Cheers
Tony
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