<VV> Rabbit Diesel in a Vair-Humor

[Guus de Haan]

I had to turn in my company car when starting my own business but that  
was living proof diesels can't be called slow anymore.

BMW 520D - 6 speed automatic
Almost 170 HP
229 km/h (142 mph)
0 - 62,5 mph in 8,6 sec
38 mpg, without restraining my right foot
Who needs a gas powered car? ;-)

The now private 8 year old Volvo diesel automatic isn't capable of  
that kind of performance but still doing well at 38 mpg too.

Corvair content: I usually fill-up the Corsa Turbo with about 5  
gallons of gas but that doesn't get me nowhere as far as the  
diesels.....

Happy Holidays everyone!

Guus de Haan
The Netherlands


Op 20 dec 2008, om 20:45 heeft Alan and Clare Wesson het volgende  
geschreven:

> 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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