In the spring of 2005, Davidson county began requiring
emissions testing of diesel cars and light trucks. At the
time, I thought it was one of the more idiotic changes in
government regulations, most likely based on complete
ignorance of engines and the differences in their emissions.

I renewed the plates on my VW diesel, less than a month before
the change, so I wasn't expecting to deal with the emisions
until spring 2006. As they say, 'stuff happens', and I went
through emissions testing earlier than expected, but in one
of those smelly gas burners. I had hoped to get the Jetta
diesel on the road in 2006, but (again, 'stuff happens') it's
still a few items away from being ready for the road.

Sunday night, I was looking through craigslist, when I came
across something that looked like a bargain that was too
good to pass up. Turned out to be definitely in the 'fixer
upper' category, but I thought it wouldn't take much to
bring it up to the 'old trusty work truck' level, so...

On 2007-10-03 19:17:10 -0500, Paul Stevens bellsouth.net> said:

Frankly, the more I learn about how Metro Government works, the more
amazed I am that it doesn't collapse under its own weight.

On Oct 4, 11:09?am, Cyrus Afzali wrote:

"MrWonderful" aol.com> wrote in message
news:1191539106.641455.62250@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
| On Oct 4, 11:09?am, Cyrus Afzali wrote:
| > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:17:10 -0500, Paul Stevens
| >
| > bellsouth.net> wrote:
| > >What's the point in requiring diesels to go through an
| > >emissions test program that was designed for gasoline
| > >engines? Other than to collect another $9 when diesel
| > >owners renew their registration?
| >
| > Hey, at least you can register them. In any state that adheres to the
| > California emissions rules, you can't even register a *new* diesel car
| > and dealers can't sell them either. You can register
| > privately-purchased ones, though.
| >
| > Sadly, our anti-Europe crusade that's lasted throughout the ages led
| > us to choose an inferior technology to power our cars. Diesels have
| > always been the better choice; our time and effort would have been
| > better spent improving diesel technology to lower the particulates in ...

On Oct 4, 6:55?pm, "David Moffitt" stompingweasels.org>
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:05:06 -0700, MrWonderful aol.com>
wrote:

The Jetta (diesel) has an oil change interval of 10,000 miles, OEM
filters are $6 online and, rather nicely, are replaced in a cup at the
top of the engine.

Fun to drive too.

Apparently they are also stockpiling heating oil which cuts into
diesel production and hence pushes the price up.

Yup. That's government for you.

David Moffitt wrote:

Richard Thomas wrote:

With synthetic oil, if I'm not mistaken.

On Oct 4, 10:02?pm, Richard Thomas dicksonlife.com> wrote:

It's Corruptublucun gov't, Richard.
Gore proposed alternative energy research, but gubs got bullshit
elected.
: [ Lala
: ) Lala

"Paul Stevens" bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:4705B36E.2070603@bellsouth.net...
| David Moffitt wrote:
| > "MrWonderful" aol.com> wrote in message
| > news:1191539106.641455.62250@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
| > | On Oct 4, 11:09?am, Cyrus Afzali wrote:
| > | > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:17:10 -0500, Paul Stevens
| > | >
| > | > bellsouth.net> wrote:
| > | > >What's the point in requiring diesels to go through an
| > | > >emissions test program that was designed for gasoline
| > | > >engines? Other than to collect another $9 when diesel
| > | > >owners renew their registration?
| > | >
| > | > Hey, at least you can register them. In any state that adheres to
the
| > | > California emissions rules, you can't even register a *new* diesel
car
| > | > and dealers can't sell them either. You can register
| > | > privately-purchased ones, though. ...