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Diesel engine, auto transmission?
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Re: Diesel engine, auto transmission? -
06-20-2008
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Overall, my advice would be that any automatic is likely to be unpleasant in any car that doesn't have a) at least 100 horsepower per tonne and b) a good spread of torque. That rules out almost all particularly economical cars that I can think of. OTOH CVT automatics as fitted to Micras and DAFs in days of yore may be an entirely different kettle of fish... The 2.0L Audi/VW diesels with the DSG gearbox work pretty well but way out of the OPs price range. It also cheats rather by not being a conventional auto with a torque convertor. |
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pulls up comfy chain, popcorn |
You'll get fat...
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"Doki" <mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: Overall, my advice would be that any automatic is likely to be unpleasant in any car that doesn't have a) at least 100 horsepower per tonne and b) a good spread of torque. That rules out almost all particularly economical cars that I can think of. OTOH CVT automatics as fitted to Micras and DAFs in days of yore may be an entirely different kettle of fish... The 2.0L Audi/VW diesels with the DSG gearbox work pretty well but way out of the OPs price range. It also cheats rather by not being a conventional auto with a torque convertor. pulls up comfy chain, popcorn |
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pulls up comfy chain, popcorn How much popcorn |
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"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003 (AT) obviousyahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:6c1st6F3ebf6mU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net... Doki wrote: Overall, my advice would be that any automatic is likely to be unpleasant in any car that doesn't have a) at least 100 horsepower per tonne and b) a good spread of torque. That rules out almost all particularly economical cars that I can think of. OTOH CVT automatics as fitted to Micras and DAFs in days of yore may be an entirely different kettle of fish... The 2.0L Audi/VW diesels with the DSG gearbox work pretty well but way out of the OPs price range. It also cheats rather by not being a conventional auto with a torque convertor. |
older W210E300TD. Auto suits diesel very well.
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"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003 (AT) obviousyahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:6c1st6F3ebf6mU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net... Doki wrote: Overall, my advice would be that any automatic is likely to be unpleasant in any car that doesn't have a) at least 100 horsepower per tonne and b) a good spread of torque. That rules out almost all particularly economical cars that I can think of. OTOH CVT automatics as fitted to Micras and DAFs in days of yore may be an entirely different kettle of fish... The 2.0L Audi/VW diesels with the DSG gearbox work pretty well but way out of the OPs price range. It also cheats rather by not being a conventional auto with a torque convertor. |
an engine which produces lots of low speed torque - all it does is waste
fuel. A fluid flywheel would make more sense - same as pretty well all
buses etc use. And plenty of ratios to make up for the narrow power band.
I was on a small local bus the other day and it had at least a 6 speed
auto - all that for a top working speed of about 40 mph.
I have a neighbour with a 535 diesel auto and that works very well. As it
should at the price. But I've a feeling most small diesel autos are a bit
of a bodge due to low demand.
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Drive any current merc CDi with the autobox, in fact even going back to the older W210E300TD. Auto suits diesel very well. |
down to poor development with most - they simply sling in the nearest box
they have.
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