So I came across this... Options

[cardshark525]

I'm not sure if someone else came across this as well or if it's been linked to somewhere, but its from mr2australia.com and this thread is absolutely full of epic win...

If this thread needs to be moved to a different section that's up to the mods, it's not 100% directly 6th gen related, however it it very much 3SGTE or more specifically 503E related


http://www.mr2australia.com/mr2play/tm.asp...&print=true


For those looking for inspiration, or some really expensive parts...

This post has been edited by cardshark525: Jan 16, 2014 - 12:50 AM

[cardshark525]

Actually emissions has nothing to do with it because diesels are hardly regulated anyway as they are much more efficient at burning fuel than a gasoline powered car. From what I understand the only regulation here is that the exhaust can't exit straight down under the engine bay. Can go up through the hood or has to clear the passenger compartment if it goes under the car.

It probably has more to do with marketing and the availability of diesel elsewhere in the world vs the U.S.

I know back home in Croatia about a good 25% of ALL road going vehicles are diesel compared to the U.S. where it's... 5% maybe? This is also why diesel at the pump over there costs about half of what regular gas costs.


My wife was having a conversation on the matter with a family friend and was saying how its better gas mileage etc, etc, and she goes "But the problem here in America is.." and her friend cuts her off and goes:

"But diesel's stinky...".

^^ that... is why we don't have that awesome Rav-4 and similar vehicles here. lol.

This post has been edited by cardshark525: Jan 22, 2014 - 8:20 PM