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Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines

by steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (SteveH) Mar 29, 2008 at 08:57 PM

John Chapman <jchapman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I do not wish to generate a large and unending discussion but would 
> appreciate
> confirmation of my own findings.
> 
> I have never owned a diesel car.
> 
> My 1999 Alfa 146 has 1.6 TS petrol engine and 89000 miles on the clock.
> One of the really nice things with this car is that it will pull away
> from 20 mph
>   in 5th gear so that once you are under way you can sail through 
> roundabouts
> and some junctions without changing gear.
> 
> Today I had a test drive of 1.9 Diesel GT Blackline special edition.
> Engine was a bit noisy to start with but acceleration was fine.
> However it would not pull away from 20 mph in 5th gear and I
> found myself changing gear on a familiar route much more frequently
>   than in my own Alfa.
> 
> I was always led to believe that diesel engines have masses of torque
> at low revs but my experience proved to the contrary.
> Do diesel cars need to be driven in a different way of which I am
unaware ?

Chase the torque, not the power.

In terms of the 5th gear thing, it's because diesels run significantly
longer gearing than petrols.

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Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
John Chapman <jchapman  2008-03-29 20:48:58 
Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-29 20:57:39 
Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
Zathras <webnewsgroup@  2008-03-30 10:15:32 
Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
Tony R <tony.rickardno  2008-03-30 10:37:52 
Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
Zathras <webnewsgroup@  2008-03-31 07:01:17 
Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
Tony R <tony.rickardno  2008-03-31 18:05:17 
Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
Zathras <webnewsgroup@  2008-03-31 22:43:10 
Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
"GT" <Contac  2008-04-01 13:56:34 
Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
Stef <stef33d@[EMAIL P  2008-04-01 16:25:36 
Re: Petrol v Diesel in Alfa engines
"GT" <Contac  2008-04-01 16:05:13 

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