On Tue, 11 May 2004 16:07:15 -0500, "Lynn McGuire"
<NOSPAM.winsim@NOSPAM.winsim.com> wrote:

>Is Honda going to import their awesome new Accord turbo diesel
>sedan into the USA ? It got 52 mpg on the UK emissions test !
>And, 0 to 60 mph of 9.4 secs.
>
>http://www.carkeys.co.uk/launches/honda/2502.asp
>
>Lynn
>

Americans aren't generally fond of diesels. Diesel fuel (especially
the good stuff) is not always easy to find and despite the advances,
these cars still run dirty. I met a couple - a friend of a friend
deal - and the guy was a fanatic for the VW TDI Beetles (they had his
and hers copies.) He showed me the pictures of how he tears down the
intake/exhaust system every 30-40K to clean the soot out. You
wouldn't believe the pile of carboniferous crap that he removed in
this 8 hour project. Not surprisingly, performance suffers a lot by
the time you have to clean it out.