Petrol price to jump in the weeks ahead

"Very narrow rev range" is a bit of an overdone term used to disparage
diesel engines by lots of people who don't drive one. I regularly
drive five different diesel vehicles.
My 3.0 turbo Ford Ranger 4X4 manual. It pulls great from 1000 rpm and
runs out of puff at about 4000. 4000 rpm is considerably faster than
we are allowed to drive around here. Whereas it doesn't rev very high
by 3.0 liter petrol engines, all of that range is quite usable and the
engine operates comfortably within that range. Certainly it runs
sweeter at 2500 rpm than at 1000 or 4000.
Helen has an auto Jeep Cherokee with a 2.8 intercooled turbo diesel. I
don't have that much control over what revs it's doing but it drives
just like a car, only with more grunt and uses about the same amount
of fuel as the Ranger, between 9 and 9.5 l/100km.
The Brigade has two light tankers being Toyota Land cruiser ute
chassis, one has a normally aspirated 6 and is a bit gutless, but we
usually leave the shed witha gross weight of about 3 tonne. The second
(newer) is a 4.5 litre turbo V8 and it absolutely rocks.
The fire vehicle I mostly drive is an Isuzu F750 4X4 which is powered
by a 7.8 litre six cylinder turbo-diesel. It has a turn-out weight of
12 tonne and is a bit of a pig to drive but has a usable rev range
between 1000 and 3500 rpm. I also don't consider that 'narrow' as the
engine maxes out at less than 4000 rpm.

Theo

 

0-100km/h in only 30.5 seconds and still being produced as the
Hindustan Ambassador.

"Motor magazine tested a Series III manumatic equipped saloon in 1957
recording a top speed of 74.4 mph (119.7 km/h), virtually unchanged
from the Series II and acceleration from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 30.5
seconds, adversely affected by the Manumatic option. Fuel consumption
of 27.0 miles per imperial gallon (10.5 L/100 km; 22.5 mpg-US) was
found. The test car cost £898 including taxes of £300.[12]

This car was the basis for the Hindustan Ambassador, which continues
to be built in India some 50 years after the Oxford III's demise."

Theo

 

Erm, I don't think the remark referred to you George.

Maybe we ought to change names on this group. I could be Fred and you
could be Fritz... yeah that would work.

 

Sorry if I offended you, I presumed that Theo was referring to my trusty
green Morris Oxford, not yours
You could change your name to Fred and I will stay George

GW"F"

 

picky picky


G-S

 

It's OK George; no-one cares that you made a bit of a dick of yourself
misunderstanding what JL was talking about and then wanking on about
something totally different but you're just making yourself look
*really* stupid with all these silly denials.

 

How long is long?
JL's model has pretty-big batteries/accumulators and makes pretty good
power (70hp or so). It should be able to run at 120kph while charging
the batteries on the flat and wouldn't be too daunted by average hills.
Maybe you'd have to pull in and park for a 30min recharge on really long
climbs (in somewhere other than Australia!) but this is primarily a
Joe-Average town-car so it's not gonna' be all things to all people.

 

Ha ha; So you're *not* sustaining the thread by responding hey George?
(sometimes TWICE)

Might be a third too, George (or maybe even a fourth or more).

Why don't you go back and re-read what I've written and I'm sure you'll
understand, George.

George, I asked the question because the answer wasn't obvious to me. If
it's obvious to you just answer it. Simple.

What bullshit George? All I'm asking is WHO are the mystery people
posters here that you reckon don't understand hybrids? (Or did you just
make that up to cover for the fact that you didn't understand JL's post
and went rabbiting off on a tangent?)

Or we could just forget about the whole thing if you like.

 

This is the lie on which your strawnan is based - please show me where
I have ever denied anything.
Maybe while you are at it, you might tell me why you find it necessary
to continue with this porkie even though the hole you are digging gets
bigger all the time.
I won't continue insist that you go and look up what has been written,
it is obvious that you are now aware that there is nothing there that
supports your nasty little campaign.
If you want to continue digging after this, feel free to do so. As for
me, I'm going on a bike ride.

 

'S ok

Yeah, that would work too.

 

Did somebody else write "I'm not seeing any evidence that many people
know the difference between a motor-generator system and a hybrid
system.." George? I thought that was you but if you wanna' deny it I
guess that'll be OK too. (It's not like anyone cares)