Originally posted by More&Faster
how someone talks is in no way an indication of their intelligence, let alone a way to judge them. you, sir, are in all probablility, a racist bigot. dont worry, your not alone, there are lots of them in cleveland, and all over the world. :fawk: as far as me not knowing anything about diesels, well im no expert, but im 19 and i drove a diesel for two straight years, swapped engines in diesels, and my mom now owns a vw tdi. i could go down the list and explain to you exactly how a diesel engine differs from a gas one, and i could tell you all of the advantages and disadvantages of them. so ya i think im a little more informed about diesels than the average honda enthusiast. excuse me for trying to share some information. i just think that diesels are often times overlooked by americans. you are the misinformed one here. :madfawk:
BMW and MB make diesel six and eight cylinder motors that MIGHT come close to an Integra GSR in performance. But you are looking at $50,000 vehicles. For everyday driving, the TDI works fine. My arguement with what you said is how it can come close to an Integra...... impossible. You could make 400 ft.lbs. of torque, but it's useless if it drops by 2000 rpm. It's only good for pulling tree trunks out of the ground. I see semi-trucks all day, and they have a couple THOUSAND lbs. of torque, but I don't shake in my boots at a red light!!! And I think the battery-only vehicles proved their demise with the EV1. IMA is far more practical, and yes, it will be in performance cars in the next ten years. I'm not saying it will be in every car on the road, but a good handfull of them. We have seen the capablilities and tasted success from Toyota and Honda. It's up to the big three to try to run with it, or still make the 16 MPG Lincoln Navigator and Caddy Escalade. One more thing...... I didn't bring race in to this thing, you did. Just speak English
