@Spendthrift,

Uuhhh...!!.That guy is my long lost cousin.I just messed our planned first meeting......mimi bure kabisa...hah..!!


Guka wa bijuti...

@ mulefu.Get wheel alignment done and you will not hear that skid like sound at the corners...

The cunning of the Buffalo

@ Sigiriri

Thanks on that. I think people are yet to understand the benefits of a diesel powered

engine,moreso one that is turbo-charged. There are pretty good ones like the V W 2.5T

turbo charged Passat's as well as the Skodas. You cant beat these cars in fuel efficiency

as well as speed.

@ Ngarana

We shud honestly meet before the year is gone to far,i will come with a crate of

Runyaga nawe uke na thenge ya ukafini. Wanjerire wii mwenda njeru na nduri

wahumuka murengo ?


Seek ye first the finacial kingdom,and all else shall be added unto you.

@ Reddevil

You will be surprised to know that diesel engine service is cheaper than petrol engines

since you only change the oil,oil and fuel filters. The air cleaner varies with the model but

most go upto 40,000 Kms,and the engine coolant another 200,000 Kms. All this adds up to;

i. Oil - 2,700 ii. Fuel & Oil Filters - 2,000 iii. Air Cleaner - 2,000 iv. Coolant - 1,000

There is no change in plugs,atleast until they are gone,which means another 3-4 years.

Diesel engines are very economical so long as they are turbo charged,with regular

service intervals of 5,000 Km.




Seek ye first the finacial kingdom,and all else shall be added unto you.

@Ngarana/sigiriri,

Injectors?......Injector pump...?....Am informed this is the dark horse of diesel motis......

Ngarana,keep runyaga on ice...!!...and i keep the mburi in gichegu.....




Guka wa bijuti...

@ Kanda

You've cracked me up ati huwa anaawachwa kwa mataa.

I can tell that you're yet to drive one of these Skoda's and V W's that are turbo

diesel powered. You wont believe it,but the acceleration of a Skoda or V W turbo diesel

is light years from an ordinary Toyota.

@ Ngarana

The injector pump should NEVER be touched ! It comes with a life time gurantee !!!

One is best advised to buy a new one straight from Japan,instead of going to Grogon

or to some Kalasinga for caliberation.


Seek ye first the finacial kingdom,and all else shall be added unto you.

@reddevil


Today's engines are like flea-beaten mongrels; they are allergic to high pressure baths. There are very few guys in Nairobi who can wash Merc,Bmw,Sub,(yani high performance engines) they will screw them up big time.

As a man thinketh so is he

From the way things look,inspite of all the information available on the internet which u probably all have ready on ur phone,we still have ignorance being displayed here.

Please visit either wikipedia or howstuffworks.com and read about TDi and HDi esp. if you can get ur hands on the VW implementation - am sure you all know now that VW own and make engines for AUDI and Skoda....

TDi is great technology. The japanese still have loads of petrol engines on small cars to sell,and so we,the dumping site can never hope to get for example a diesel passat from jap - at least not as easily as u will get the petrol model,same with CDi benzes,TDi Audis etc. But search for these in UK,utaona! Ni plenty,and diesel engines tend to run almost forever. The one guy I know in london driving a 1.9 TDi AUDI has done 150,000 miles already,and the cars still drives like new. He still does over 52MPG with the traffic in that wretched city. Things are changing fast and we better be ready to chage with the times......holding on too much is just by the brokers to retain value of the contraptions we are currently keeping on the road.

Mechanics,I repeat,fear everything they are not familiar with. They will tell u all sorts of stories just to convince u to keep the petrol they are used to.

Don't we have anyone here with a diesel prado,VX,Passat or VW?

Dont take my word for it,research it in readiness for next time u invest in a car. Also,consider importing from Europe now that the currency is fair. You will be surprised.


Bidii yangu

@Sigi (the proselitizer)

thanks for giving me a different view. it is very nice hearing it from the wearer of the shoe. a lot of bad things have been said about diesel engines here and elsewhere. you actually stimulated me to start doing some research....this is a link to the first page i have found:

http://www.caradvice.com...mparo-petrol-vs-diesel/

it would seem that the things that have been said,though exagerated sometimes,have some factual basis. look especially at the summary table of stats near the bottom. the diesel is slower (0-100kph) by a whopping 1.5secs! but it performs beautifully on the highway (just as i thought). it beats the petrol on fuel economy,but not by much,and btw the price differnce (diesel vs petrol) is not much these days. NB: the petrol was manual and turbo while the diesel was Auto (+turbo)....might explain the lesser consumption of the petrol

so far....yes,diesel drinks less(spirit of the thread)....but there are trade offs

Good people,

Actually all my cars are diesel powered and I would not have it any other way. I have a 2.2l Toyota 3C engine. superb car on performance and consumption. The other is a 2.5L TDi Landrover engine. This is the bomb! Actually I do not inderstand how someone can afford to run a petrol engine in this city traffic . The annoying part is when guys switch off engines when traffic stops. ati gari inakunywa... mann!!! I know diesel can idle the whole day with nil effect.

Anyway guys,everyone has their preference.