Diseasel thoughts

Still quite liking the Synergie - honest. It's a bus in comparison to the golf GTI, but I worked in the building trade for years. Driving a van suits me :-))

HDi is much more linear than the VAG TDI. Power starts building from around 1,500rpm, becomes useful at 1,750 and is really strong around 2,000 onwards. Don't know what it does after 3,000 as I've never gone there - I usually change up at 2,500rpm. :-)

It's quite unlike the VAG engine which seems to do SFA until 1,900 rpm then wham, where did all that come from.

Fuel wise. Been running on biodiesel for around a month now. There's a place near me who sells it for a rather splendid 85p per litre. I go about 60/40 bio/dino. Starts fine even in the cold we were getting a little while back there. May mover over to 100% once it warms up a bit further.

Also considering a plug in tuning module. Another 20bhp and about 35lb/ft of torque would be most welcome.

Reply to
Bob Sherunckle
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I wouldn't put biodiesel in a newish car because it damages the engine. It has none of the additives modern fuel has, so until you spend a lot more adding those and regulating acidity,don't bother. If you have some old heap of a Volvo then go for it, especially if you don't plan to do any repairs to the fuel pumps or keep it long. If you're buying biodiesel from an unknwn source it is too risky. If it is the stuff Tesco pass off as "diesel" then that's slightly less of a risk if you put some additives in. You're better buying from a known garage and a known brand. With Tesco diesel I get 45mpg whilst driving like a nun, but on Shell Diesel this increases to 60mpg which suggests that Tesco is adding something to chemically "water down" the diesel to increase profits. They are far more expensive than the local Shell garage anyway, 6p per litre more!

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TJ
+AD4- I wouldn't put biodiesel in a newish car because it damages the engine. +AD4- It has none of the additives modern fuel has, so until you spend a lot +AD4- more +AD4- adding those and regulating acidity,don't bother. +AD4- If you have some old heap of a Volvo then go for it, especially if you +AD4- don't plan to do any repairs to the fuel pumps or keep it long. +AD4- If you're buying biodiesel from an unknwn source it is too risky. If it +AD4- is +AD4- the stuff Tesco pass off as +ACI-diesel+ACI- then that's slightly less of a risk +AD4- if you +AD4- put some additives in. +AD4- You're better buying from a known garage and a known brand. With +AD4- Tesco diesel I get 45mpg whilst driving like a nun, but on Shell Diesel +AD4- this increases to 60mpg which suggests that Tesco is adding something +AD4- to chemically +ACI-water down+ACI- the diesel to increase profits. They are far +AD4- more expensive than the local Shell garage anyway, 6p per litre more+ACE-

Tiscali idiot/IanT whatever ID you've morphed into as you've noticed the derision which accompanies your every post.

You are once again talking s**te, to even suggest for a minute that Shell diesel contains 33+ACU- extra energy than normal diesel shows a glorious ignorance for the subject you're spouting s**te on. For the last time (I wish) just FUCK OFF you are yet to make a post which is even 50+ACU- correct.

Why don't you do what all the other clueless knobheads do by finding someone who knows less on the subject than you ? To come here where people actually know about the subject you're spouting s**te about makes no sense to me at all...

Reply to
Tony (UncleFista)

On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:17:42 +0000, TJ sang, in the style of Bill Bailey:

Oh, Hello Ian, morphed again have you?

Useless f****it. At least change your posting style in future. You're too easy to spot..

Reply to
Mike P

Utter bollocks.

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Steve Walker

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