I wouldn't start going bathing there when I see that lots of crocodils. Was this a crocodile farm, or are they such common there ? brrr...
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I wouldn't start going bathing there when I see that lots of crocodils. Was this a crocodile farm, or are they such common there ? brrr...
No, this was not a farm or anything. This was the pantanal which is just a huuuge piece of pure nature. So those are wild aligators (not crocodiles ) and a few caymans. However, if you don't make them angry or anything, they won't bite you In fact you could come pretty close to them and you could even swim in the same lake as they were, of course you should keep an eye on them in the mean time...
Also, fishing for piranha's while standing in the lake with the piranha's itself is pretty cool. You could feel the piranha's bumping against your leg. The only thing you need to take care of is to make sure you don't have any blood on your legs and then everything is fine And mind you, there were lots and lots of them in the water. After a while we had more than 10 catched and prepared them in a piranha soup
LOL! Right, chasing is not easy. With 136 HP, you can touch 200 kmph on German autobahns.
205 kmph to be correct which is 128 miles per hour for the non-metrics people...
Originally Posted by Siddhartha
BTW, you didnt supply other important details: is it a petrol or diesel version? Torque?
Fuel: diesel (common rail turbo), mind you, modern diesels don't have the negative things from the past anymore. They are not so loud anymore, you don't have to heat them before starting even when its freezing outside and with a turbo on it, you get pretty decent acceleration
Torque: 320Nm
Brakes: ventilated 16" brakes in front, solid 16" brakes at the back.
Fuel: diesel (common rail turbo), mind you, modern diesels don't have the negative things from the past anymore. They are not so loud anymore, you don't have to heat them before starting even when its freezing outside and with a turbo on it, you get pretty decent acceleration.
But nowadays diesel is as expensive as gasoline. What's the advantage of buying a diesel car?
On the other hand diesel engines have larger capacity which means higher taxes and more money spent on insurance.
Are you confusing capacity with power? You get diesel engines in the same size as petrol-equivalents. After all, they are both often restricted by the capacity in the car they fit in.
However, diesel engines are costlier to buy - so, the advantage of having a diesel motor may be applicable only if one drives a lot. If you are doing less than 10000 kms / year then you are better off buying a petrol-based engine because though costlier to use, it is a lot cheaper to buy.
Last edited by Siddhartha; February 4th, 2008 at 03:07 AM.
Are you confusing capacity with power? You get diesel engines in the same size as petrol-equivalents. After all, they are both often restricted by the capacity in the car they fit in.
However, diesel engines are costlier to buy - so, the advantage of having a diesel motor may be applicable only if one drives a lot. If you are doing less than 10000 kms / year then you are better off buying a petrol-based engine because though costlier to use, it is a lot cheaper to buy.
No, no, I meant engine capacity, not car capacity . As far as I noticed, many cars came in two versios: diesel and gasoline. But the diesel engine is always larger in capacity than the gasoline one. For instance I have a Skoda Octavia 1.6l. The equivalent on diesel is 1.9l. That's what I meant.
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