From: "Mark" 

Thanks Don, actually I knew that, and that better efficiency and cleaner
running of today just makes their law all the more ridiculous.

"Don Hills"  wrote in message
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> In article , "Mark"
 wrote:
>>
>>This is a bit of culture shock for me, but I agree with Adam. A few
>>Mercedes
>>(and whomever else is screwing around with smelly slow engines for cars)
>>diesels are not going to make a hill of beans difference in
"pollution."
>>Hardly anyone buys the beasts anyway.
>
> Modern common rail diesels have about as much in common with their old
> mechanical pump ancestors as modern GDI petrol engines have with their old
> carburetted ancestors. Modern diesels are almost as good as modern petrol
> engines in terms of power and pollution and still handily beat them on
> economy. If you doubt me, hold your opinion until you've taken one of the
> modern diesel BMWs for a test drive.
>
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