% of crd vs rubicon vs std petrol

[Tiny]

i got the diesel as i live out west if i am running low i can pull into a farm and buy some they dont usually have petrol

[Yom]

Originally Posted by Von Depner

Never bought the diesel to save money, diesel just craps on the petrol in the dirt because of the low down torque and they do last longer normally end of story plus you can run it on chip oil in a emergency when you getting your latte

lol, you won't even make it to the nearest servo if you have to resort to chip oil

[angryassdrummer]

got to say, the whole latte joke thing

it was the lamest joke to begin with but whatever

now all this time later its just annoying

i think its time for a new joke as that one is soooooooo played already

[malexander]

Originally Posted by JKohn

Friendly CRD vs Petrol banter happening again but here's the thing.....

I bought the Rubicon because I wanted the D44's front and rear, and the lower transfer case. The only reason I got a petrol is because I had no choice!!!!!!!

How many of you CRD owners would have upgraded to the Rubicon had a diesel been made available - I would say quite alot!!!! How many of you Rubicon owners would have bought the deisel version had it been available - I would say quite alot!!!

Stop this CRD vs. Rubicon bull!!!!!!

So True!
Rubi owners are paying out on Diesel owners and Diesel owners are paying out on Rubi owners when the fault clearly lies with DC, not any jeep owner.

When faced with a choice of Diesel or Rubi I chose Diesel, that doesn't mean I wasn't really, really angry about having to make that choice. I almost changed my mind about buying a Wrangler altogether.

I was even more angry when I found out the Diesel was a straight 4 instead of a v6.

We should all be bagging the yanks not each other!

[Stevil]

Well as i approach the 100,000km mark, quick sums reveal that my diesel has payed for itself over the petrol ($4k extra) and now I'm saving serious dollars.

Even with prices 10-15cents higher than petrol and a peak price of 186c/ltr down near the border, the sums do stack up. My average no bullshit fuel economy would be around 10.4-10.7l/100km. My service cost may have been marginally higher than a petrol, but I shopped around and was looked after by a mate.

Considering the fact that a diesel has a longer life span and better resale in almost every 4wd ever built, i couldn't be happier.

Steve

[Von Depner]

More pistons does not necessary mean better many more 4cyclinder cars made than v6 0r eights. go to europe and see how many v6 you see. JK diesel is european designed. which craps on the v6 v8 stone aged jap
engined yotas nissan etc not to mention a v6

[Yom]

Originally Posted by Von Depner

More pistons does not necessary mean better many more 4cyclinder cars made than v6 0r eights. go to europe and see how many v6 you see. JK diesel is european designed. which craps on the v6 v8 stone aged jap
engined yotas nissan etc not to mention a v6

at risk of being flamed for correcting you:

None of the japanese V type diesels are from the "stone age". Infact they're all very much from the 21st century and very good powerplants. Toyota's 4.5L V8 turbo diesel is *epic* and is currently not producing anywhere near what it is capable of and the nissan/renault 3.0L DCi is right up there with what Audi are putting out.

how many v6 do you see in europe? hmm. off the top of my head, Audi/porsche/vw, Ford/Jaguar/Landrover, mercedes benz, renault/nissan just to name a few.