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Jeep Liberty Diesel
Had anyone heard or read anything about the Jeep Liberty Diesel to be available this fall(2004)? Last I heard was a Daimler 2.5L turbo 4-cyllinder. Really interested, but all I ever get from dealers is the blank "100 Yard Stare" followed by a heavy pitch to the V-6 gas (yuck!).
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Paladin: sorry for your bad experience. Please don't let that sour you on considering a diesel in the future!! They have come so far since then! My TDI is such a great little car (45-50mpg and all the power needed to go 100+ mph). Yes the older ones have trouble getting out of their own way, but my 86 still gets 40+ mpg at 250k miles!
I hope that Jeep does this diesel, I will buy one at least!
Check my site for my diesel collection. Look for the link on to how to run vegtable oil in a diesel motor. Not biodiesel, but regular veggie oil! If Detroit would get in on this it could help out so many farmers and we could thumb our noses at OPEC!!
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Peters: If you could please keep an eye out for me (us?) I would greatly appreciate it. I knew someone around this site had to have an inside look on Detroit!!
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The auto is the 5-speed auto from the Grand Cherokee. It is a good tranny and will fit well with the CRD.
I would debate the merits of an auto behind a turbo-diesel with you Randy. The auto allows boost levels to stay up without having to drop all boost for every shift of a manual. That being said, my Cummins and both VWs are 5-speeds because the autos available in those applications are not up to par. But, for street driving and towing, I feel an auto-tranny would be better.
Here is a non-diesel person's reaction to driving the CRD.
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Here's another long diatribe.
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My Cummins brother wrote:
"An automatic transmission is not capable of holding a gear at full throttle or any degree of load without either hunting for gears or over revving the engine."
I believe that a PROPERLY matched engine/tranny/software will easily do this.
"Not very many road tractors out there with automatics."
Apples and oranges. OTR trucks are designed for sustained same speed operation and efficiency, not acceleration.
"They just don't and never will hold up behind a diesel with any degree of heavy use."
Lots of buses, dump-trucks, and cement mixers are.
I agree hand shakers are alot more fun, (if it were my Libby, not the wife's, I would want the 5 or 6 shooter too!) but for this application, an auto is the way to go for 95% of the buyers.
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I wanna drive one before I make any comment on performance. Stats look good, tho--
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"...I'd buy a diesel motorcycle if they had them..."
WHOOOO-HOOOO!! Sign me up!!
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My buddy used to have a Honda with a 5x2 trans in it. (CB900?)
Just imagine a turbo v-twin diesel with a "Road Ranger" 10-speed, blowin' black smoke out a 3" pipe, 240mm rear tire, fat boy front end, 5 gallon 'bobs, ... ! Hmmmm... I'll be in the garage if you need me.
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Murf, you've got such neat stories! ;0)
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Here we go!! TDI on 2 wheels!
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