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No, thats just one reason. Disel engines are doing way more kilometres in average before they blow up. Nearly all Taxi/Cabs in Europe are Diesel for that reason
by otheotheothe 10y ago
No, thats just one reason.
Disel engines are doing way more kilometres in average before they blow up.
Nearly all Taxi/Cabs in Europe are Diesel for that reason.
I really doubt people care about the emission stuff at all...
SRC: http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=16748 http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=16748
- disiplus 10y agoi doubt many people buy diesels for they ability to drive beyond 200k miles. taxis are something different diesels are for taxis suited (beyond that they consume less fuel) because they have torque down low and are not rewed as high as petrol engines, and thus not that abused. look at large natural aspirated V8s, there are many with close to 1m miles, they pull small power form large displacement but could run forever.
- bonzini 10y agoActually a lot of taxis are Priuses. In some places they give massive discounts to taxi drivers on hybrids, because people were worried about the reliability of the engine and Toyota figured out that seeing hybrid cabs would be more effective than any advertisement.