ORIGINAL: w8ye
I see European diesel cars in the USA. A guy at the flying field has a big new VW diesel wagon. He also has a fleet of Mercedes diesel service trucks for his plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning business.
The biggest thing that shoots diesel in the foot around here is that it costs $.50 more/ gal than gasoline.
The diesels sold in the US are not the same high speed diesels used overseas. I once rented one in Ireland and it was not the same sluggish performer ofa simaller sized diesel VW Rabbit PU that my father once owned. In fact it performed about what I would expect from any 1.5L gas engine care of the same size. It also did not have an idle ping, or rattle. Nor did it rattle on initial acceleration.