RevJames; I'm just stunned; after propogating flame & personal insult; spouting FACTS that aren't.... you ultimately make this comment?!?!
Hey! Argument; lets get our four penneth in, eh! Lets go with the herd; repeat the 'majority opinion', becouse if enough people have the same opinion, it MUST be true, eh? Even if it ent, well, comfort in conforming, ent there?
You know, that's what the enviro-Mental-ists rely on to carry thier flawed doctrines; what the ramblers use to promote thier campagnes; what the church used in the medeivil era to exhert authority and what most dictators of the last century used to attain power.
I suggest opening your mind and closing your mouth a little more.
I am a V8 fan; but I do apreciate Deisils; but I am not blind to the faults of either.
As for Oil burners giving better 'ecconomy'.... well they give more MPG, granted; a chunk of which is not becouse of the calorific efficiency of the fuels combustion; petrol actually releases %-wise more of its energy when burned in an engine than diesil; or even the combustion efficiency.
Diesils simply give more heat from the same volume of fuel, burned under 'real' conditions, but mechanics of getting that heat to move wheels means that there is slightly increased operating efficiency, but more importantly, lower powered engine means driver cannot drive as inefficiently.
As for ecconomy; well, as was pointed out; miles per £, V8 on gas often equals or betters Deisil.
As for engine longevity; V8's will run to around 150-200 thousand miles pretty much without trouble; SOME oil burners can get to the 1/4 million mark, but then there are enough horror stories of blowers sucking sump oil through the bearings and shoving it into the manifolds making them run ungoverned until they pop; broken timing belts; mashed valves and other horrors; even at conservative mileages.
Again; 'Facts' dont support all the misconceptions and 'lore' over them.
But, if enough people repeat the same tripe...... well.... 'Every one knows.....' dont they?
No, a lot of people thinking of believing the same thing, doesn't make it tru or a fact.
Once upon a time, a LOT of people believed the world was flat; and they BURNED any-one who believed different as a heratic.........
Now, they just get 'flamed', on a forum that is supposed to be there to encourage the exchange of ideas and information, and provide 'enlightenment', so that such biggotry has less chance to exist in this world.
You dont care?
Maybe not; shame that you cared to comment though; bigger shame that you dont care to care.....
In this instance the topic is pretty fatiouse; types of engine; no particular impact on global peace; harmony or welfare.
But; It is worrying, that you in all liklihood would adopt the exact same approach to say; global warming; Al-Queda; US interferance in China...... or whatever, and blindly add your support to whatever was the majority or popular opinion, without question or qualm.
