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[Traakon]

As a diesel Super Duty driver I can relate and relay the mass hatred and scorn we diesel owners are spewing toward the Fed's and the emissions standard

They have just imparted a new ULSD (Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel) standard for 2008 vehicles and an even tougher set of standards goes into effect January of 2010. The manufactures had one h ell of a time getting the motors to meet the current standard and the means by which they have done so means that where my 2003 F350 4x4 Crew got 22+mpg, my new 2008 F250 4x4 crew gets 13 (on a good day). Part of the new higher cost of diesel is “said” to be all the additional refining required to make the fuel meet this ULSD standard.

Part of the reason my new super duty is such a hog is the system that helps the motor meet the standards called a “DPF” (Diesel Particulate Filter). The filter itself adds some restrictions but it’s the method used to “self clean” the filter that eats fuel. When the filter gets “full” the computer injects diesel into it to “burn” away the particulate matter in a process called “Regeneration” which results in rolling white smoke, crappy performance and oh...the good part…half of my MPG being dumped straight into the exhaust system. So where I use to get cheaper fuel and 45% more MPG I now pay 20% more for fuel and get half the MPG. The whole environmental pendulum has swung to the insane! God help us when 2010 gets here.