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If it remains true about harder starting in cold weather, then people that live in extreme cold climates like Kamloops [:D] should reconsider.
The only reason why diesel is so popular in Europe is because of gas prices and the high fuel consumption of suvs. Here in NA, we do not have to worry about that yet.
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We have lots of diesil stations in the interior and it hasen't gotten below -5 this year yet. All my snow is gone.
We should worry about the high fuel consumption. That too is bad for the environment.
As for it being bad for your health, so is gasoline, but you don't hear about that because we burn more of it than diesil. Do you not think that oil companies own shares of auto companies?
And I agree with BOY-6, the ML is not about speed, and never will be. The ml55 can only hit 0-60 in 6.6. If I want those numbers, I fire up the GTI. I want the around town usable torque.
Have you driven a new TDI lately? They are 2000% better than diesils use to be. Plus the VW TDI we get over here is 2 generations behind what is in Europe.
Once we get the low-sulfur diesil, people will learn again. Tons of torque, great fuel economy, 1 drive is all it takes.