Balpin Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Driving petrol cars: you're doing it wrong. I know, I have forgotten how to drive the underpowered gits. Some advice would be apreciatted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Have you tried a petrol engine with a turbo? don't need to rev them past 3000rpm but if you do it's serious fun, obviously if you like that kind of thing...and yes, I own a diesel:D There must be a reason why all Ferraris Lamborghinis and Aston Martins have petrol engines whilst all taxi's and buses have deisel engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeeey Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Anyone been watching the f1, what is it they run on...errr...hmmmm ah NOT diesel!lol Also regarding the overfilling as far as I'm aware itll seriously damage your engine, empty and refil! And don't drive it untill you've done this. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 There must be a reason why all Ferraris Lamborghinis and Aston Martins have petrol engines whilst all taxi's and buses have deisel engines. There is, all diesels are high powered at low revs so use little fuel, when moving heavy loads. The sports car are made of very light construction with big engines made for fast accelleration. It depends on what you want. A car that will get you all around the place, or something that will chase anything off the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankearn Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Hi I've over filled my car with oil now it's running like crap. I'm thinking it need new spark plugs as it's very slow and got now power. Is it possible for engine to dump oil all over spark plus It can ultimately destroy your Catalytic Converter, replacing it will cost many pennies http://www.alliedmuffler.com/Catalytic_Converter_Informa.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Anyone been watching the f1, what is it they run on...errr...hmmmm ah NOT diesel!lol [cough]LeMans[/cough] TBH the lack of diesel powered F1 cars is more likely to be because of the fuel regs rather than because they're not good enough. LM1 cars can reach similar performance to F1 ones, Audi and Peugeot have run TDi/HDi cars since as early as 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeeey Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Fair point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Dont really know how you can overfill your oil,dipstick springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 It can ultimately destroy your Catalytic Converter, replacing it will cost many pennies Also, in most modern engines, there is a sensor in the exhaust and if this gets oiled up it would affect the engine performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 There is, all diesels are high powered at low revs so use little fuel, when moving heavy loads. The sports car are made of very light construction with big engines made for fast accelleration. It depends on what you want. A car that will get you all around the place, or something that will chase anything off the road. As an afterthought. I know which I would prefer I just drove in behind an Aston Martin. The one with the V on theback That is one tasty beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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