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I have a couple co-workers who have had diesel mercedes benzs and not all gas stations have diesel fuel and in some rare instances you may have to stop at truck stops to get it. In some areas the price is slightly less than gas but in most places near me it either the same or higher than gas. It is based on crude oil like gasoline but it is a different chemical entirely. You cannot put gas into a diesel engine or diesel into a gas engine under any circumstances. Basically, gas burns in an engine because it is ignited by the electric spark from a spark plug while diesel ignites from just the high pressure force of compression. There are thousands of different gas engines and thousands of different diesel engines and neither one fundamentally gets better gas mileage than the other on the whole. However, diesel engines usually generate more torque and at a lower rpm which is more useful for street driving and driving in traffic. If you are looking at the TDI diesel passat that engine is known to get better gas mileage than the gas passat engines but can be a little underpowered if you like to drive aggressively.Also, to clear something up that another answerer put in. Diesel in the US is fundatmentally more pollutive (ie dirtier) than gas engines because the diesel in the US is far less refined than gas and less refined than european diesel engines. That is why the Cailfornia Air Resources Board (CARB) which sets the most stringent car emissions standards would like to gradually reduce the amount of diesel engines on the road. That is also why you see thick black smoke coming from many diesel trucks. The diesel fuel in Europe is more refined than US diesel and probably makes an equal amount of pollution to gas engines. youth wasted reading car magazines
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while not all gas stations carry diesel fuel, it is readily available.
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No because by where i live theres a corner store that only sell regular and unleaded
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many stations do sell deisel but not all
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No but most all truck stops have it.
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Most do. 95% of gas stations have diesel. Anyone who says otherwise needs to take a look around lol. Diesel is everywhere.
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About 1/3 locally here, Diesel is a different weight and quality of fuel; burns hotter and cleaner and you will get better mileage if you can find the stations. Most big trucks run on it, so there will always be a pump near a truck stop
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No, not all stations have it. Maybe 10% do. Maybe less. It is usually dispensed from a nozzle with a green handle while the gasoline nozzles have red, black, white or blue handles. Sometimes you will see all 3 grades of gasoline dispensed from one nozzle on the pump, and you select the grade with buttons. But diesel is ALWAYS dispensed from a separate nozzle, and it is ALWAYS green. Sometimes the green nozzle in on the same pump with the regular, plus and premium gasoline nozzle(s) and sometimes it is on its own pump all by itself.
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No, diesel is not as widely available as gas in the US. Diesel still comes from crude oil, just like gas, but it is less refined and refined differently. On the plus side the engines last longer and you get a better mileage.
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some will have it, and some will not. you%26#039;ll probably find it enough to be a reasonable thing, but its not as convenient
A diesel engine lasts a lot longer than a gasoline one. Right now diesel fuel is a little cheaper than gasoline, and you tend to get a little better gas mileage from a diesel engine, so they are becoming more popular again. so I would expect more stations to offer diesel fuel in the coming years -
yes im pretty sure they do