<VV> Rabbit Diesel in a Vair-Humor

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

If you want a REALLY good diesel, you want a Peugeot or a Fiat (or a 
Mercedes, if your budget will stretch). They are so smooth that it really is 
hard to tell them from a gas engine. Not quite as economical as the VW TDI 
though.

Cheers

Alan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Elliott" <corvair at fnader.com>
To: "George Jones" <65crownv8 at gmail.com>
Cc: <Richard.Gaffney at gulfstream.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Rabbit Diesel in a Vair-Humor


> Actually I had one of the last German built diesel Rabbits which had a
> little "tinkering" done to it... it was nearly as quick as a gas Rabbit
> (though it did put out a nice cloud of black smoke under full throttle),
> got 55mpg at 55mph, had awesome handling, and would cruise 85-90 all day
> long. One of the best cars I ever owned.
>
> My parents liked it so much they bought one of the first American made
> Rabbit Diesels... it was everything you describe... excruciatingly slow,
> poor handling, and barely got 30mpg. One of the worst cars I've ever
> driven. We ended up converting it to gas... and it was still nasty.
>
> The new TDI's are very "undiesel-like"... I wouldn't mind one at all...
> would make an interesting Corvair transplant...
>
> Still prefer a Corvair though!
>
> Bill
>
>
> George Jones wrote:
>
>>Always made me wonder why they didn't change the name to Turtle when the 
>>put
>>the diesel in it.
>>
>>On the other hand, the new diesels are considerably faster than the old
>>ones. Then name could be justified.
>>
>>George Jones
>>--------------------------------
>>Performance Corvair Group
>>Tidewater Corvair Club (since 1987)
>>Central Virginia Corvair Club (since 2006)
>>Corvair Society of America (CORSA)(since 1987)
>>'65 Monza Crown V8 Convertible
>>'66 Monza Coupe Custom
>>
>>
>>On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:36 AM, <Richard.Gaffney at gulfstream.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>The Rabbit diesel couldn't even move the Rabbit, let alone a heavier 
>>>car!
>>>There was a switch in the throttle to turn off AC at full throttle so the
>>>car would actually move away from a stop light. Accel time for 0-60 was
>>>measured by a sundial.............
>>>
>>>Rick Gaffney
>>>Corsa 140/4
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _
>>
>>
>>
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