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From: dbrichards@watnot.UUCP (the vegit man)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech,net.auto
Subject: Re: Diesel-powered Cars - My dollars worth
Message-ID: <11398@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 17:34:08 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 18 17:34:08 1986
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Reply-To: dbrichards@watnot.UUCP (the vegit man)
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Summary: 

>I think that all diesels should be required by law to have exhaust stacks
>at least 6 feet above the roof of the vehicle or say a minimum of 10 or
>12 feet in the air.  Most semis already do this.  The problem with
>diesel cars are not in the car but in having to sit behind one at a stop
>light.  They step on the accelerator and you can't see or breath for
>the next block or two...
>					Mike Nelson

Gosh, Mike, I think you MUST be talking about those American diesels:-). My
dad's 300D puffs smoke only when you REALLY step on it (usu. highway passing),
and even then, the volume of the smoke is small (a cloud about the size of ...
a portable 12" [30cm] TV set).  Smell? Well, it DOES smell (doesn't everything?)
but it smells a LOT nicer than the exhaust from our 81-model European (non- 
Diesel) sedan, whose emission-controlled exhaust consistently makes me gag.

 - Dennis

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