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I only see that near bigger metro areas. If they do LLC camp, normally you can pass on the right.

In light of the thread topic to go into some of the back stories would be way off topic. ACTUAL mpg can be a deal maker/breaker for a host of folks. It really is a matter of one priorities. Since most of the US market DOES use gas and gas products DO consume MORE, it is a pretty easy logic to conclude there is a US priority on consuming more while professing to wanting to consume MORE. While you might argue talk IS the walk, I would take the traditional translation, talk the talk, walk the walk. In terms of engine efficiencies, diesels are actually dumbed down. Diesels can easily run 19-1 to 25 to one compression which would give better efficiencies and result in even BETTER fuel mileage. Again that results IN fuel costs and economies. Diesel Fuel costs are higher and a lot IS artificial. AS you probably would agree that offsets the advantage a bit, which is the "artificial but desired" (in golf they would call that "handicapping") result. I do truly like the range that diesel gives. On a trip (14.5 gal) I can get a range of 672 to 826 miles (48-59 mpg). If I had the 6 speed instead of the 5 speed that would be a range of 700 miles to 854 miles. Unfortunately nature calls me usually before those miles. To address your last point about a true overdrive I hear what you are saying. I do have one 6 speed with a dual overdrive (5/6 gear) and the mpg is amazing for a small block V8.

Might be meaningful in the UK. Really a game changer here. There are huge back stories you have ignored or glossed over. That very same non Ford TDI engine (that I compared it with has 2 mpg better and 10 to 20 hp better and 27# ft of torque MORE. in Europe. So while it does sound interesting, it is to can be far from the reality, once it gets here. And we are talking HERE? Because if that were not so, I would have much preferred the European equipt TDI. So there you have it. Oh and I forgot the 6 speed manual (Europe) vs 5 speed manual (US). Now the latest one? I really haven't read much about the differences. So who really knows what the FORD diesel would look like when it hits our shores. It could be FUBAR or as you have compared, "similar". Given what I have seen, I'd bet on FUBAR.

Historically, gas prices in the L.A. area (or Woodland Hills, to be specific) have ran $0.80 to $1.00 more per gallon than here in Atlanta. My cousin lives in Woodland Hills and we talk almost every week. Just a few weeks ago, she had her first $100+ fill-up in a few years! Her 2007 Lexus GX470 requires Premium and she paid $4.59/gallon for just over 23 gallons. The prices here in Atlanta were running as low as $3.67/gallon for Premium (92 cents less). BUT…as of this posting, the difference is only 20 to 25 cents between the two cities!?? In Atlanta, the price for premium starts at $4.15/gallon and, in L.A., $4.35/gallon…. I have no idea what this means, but it seems like somewhat of a reprieve for some on the West Coast. =) For those of us here in the Deep Southeast, hopefully we’ll be seeing a significant drop very soon!

If what the write up says is true, a TDI (6 speed manual) would definitely be a piazzer (zoom zoom)