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Re:Diesel cars can be banned from German cities, court rules by ams6110 on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:05AM (#16473394)
Nothing like the cars from the '70s or earlier. Every once in a while driving, I'll pass a restored car from the 60s or 70s going the other way, and can smell the exhaust for about a mile. And that's one car.
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Re:Diesel cars can be banned from German cities, court rules by jacquesm on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:35AM (#16473614)
Nothing like a two-stroke moped. Those are the worst by far.
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Re:Diesel cars can be banned from German cities, court rules by foobarian on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:49AM (#16473749)
That reminds me of the Wartburg [1]. Our neighbor had one where I grew up, and us kids used to call it the "Atom bomb" due to the mushroom cloud of blue smoke it generated when it started up or pulled in.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartburg_353

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Re:Diesel cars can be banned from German cities, court rules by jacquesm on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:50AM (#16473757)
Between those, the Trabants and the Serenas a morning in the former Eastblock would always look like fog. Heavy, worn out diesel engines of trucks and buses didn't help either.

The situation is now much better than when I lived there but even so Poland still has a huge smog problem.

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Re:Diesel cars can be banned from German cities, court rules by odiroot on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @10:09AM (#16473941)
Yep. That was the reason I chose a four-stroke myself. Also easier maintenance and less problems starting in bad weather.
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Re:Diesel cars can be banned from German cities, court rules by akgerber on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @05:29PM (#16478627)
The worst people are those who drive two-stroke mopeds over the bridge bike paths in NYC.
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