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Todd Sanders (Sanderskog)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2002 - 10:54 am: | 
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Found this on another site. If they brought the GWagen in as a diesel I'd have to convert.
Todd
Mercedes-Benz to reintroduce diesels to the US
E-class diesel coming
Mercedes sources confirm diesels coming back to the US
E-class diesel to be sold in 45 of 50 states...look for it as a 2004 model
Our spies also tell us an S-class and M-class diesels could also make their way here...
We predict diesels will finally take off again in the US and will exceed the sales expectations of the manufacturers, who are bold enough to make a committment, to bringing them here.
Hopefully the Volvo team is reading this article...Bring the XC90 Diesel to the US! |
Todd Sanders (Sanderskog)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2002 - 10:57 am: |
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Of course by convert I mean in 10 years when I can afford one.
Todd |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2002 - 01:52 pm: |
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OOOOooo.... and a G in diesel  |
Bryan Crosby (Bcroz)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 08:09 am: |
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The reason Rover cant pull it's head out is because the equipment used for such an operation at LRNA was designed and built by Lucas. Therefore; not only does it not work correctly, it inserts the head futher into the orriface in question. |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 11:01 am: |
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I was told that the equipment was indeed Lucas and therefore was able to insert the head but failed when it attempted to remove it. However the blame is being put on the lubricant that dripped out while the head was inserted causing a seizure. |
Todd Sanders (Sanderskog)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 11:51 am: |
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What an image. A bunch of Lucas electrical robots sitting on an assembly line building Land Rovers. Why do I picture doors being installed upside down.
Todd
The Lucas Motto - Always get home before dark. |
Bryan Crosby (Bcroz)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 01:15 pm: |
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Not a hard picture to imagine at all. Afterall, what other electrical system can totally fail without notice and magically start working again and be able to trace the problem to something as crazy as an incorrect stop lamp being used? BTW, I had always heard Bosch was German for Lucas. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 03:15 pm: |
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except the Bosch stuff never fails, and if it flinches you can open them up and clean/fix the Bosch stuff.
Lucas is and forever will be the prince of Darkness |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 03:31 pm: |
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I love the parody Lucas shirts that have the "Prince of Darkness" logo and the saying "A Gentleman Doesn't Motor About After Dark" I was going to get one for my Dad's birthday (he is into Triumphs) but I couldn't find anybody that didn't have them back-ordered. |
Alen
| | Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 11:43 pm: |
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They have the 2dr soft top with the smaller diesal coming also to the states.
I love LR but hate Ford's |
Rans (Rans)
| | Posted on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 08:45 am: |
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Sounds like a serious case of crainial-rectal inversion. |
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