What diesels are there? I've heard of VW, a Mercedes, and I can't think of anything else. Was there a Cherokee or sth that was diesel, once?

to put it another way - how much is diesel per litre?

Yeah I know, fun innit.

With the switch to "clean diesel" watch for more diesel powered autos in the next year or so.

Diesel in Calgary ranges from 101.9 to 112.9 per liter.

http://www.calgarygasprices.com/inde...D&tme_limit=60

Diesels are less popular in Canada because, well in Canada most things automotive are driven by the US & emissions standards in the US are very high whereas fuel quality is very low. So no nice efficient small Euro diesels.
VW dropped the TDI range last year although it is coming back. Jeep dropped the diesel Liberty (I leased one of the last) but do a diesel Grand Cherokee. Aside from that you jump to your F250/Chev/Ram HD trucks with 6.0L V8 diesels. Economic they are not.

I have a diesel vehicle. I find the posted price of diesel to be about 10% more than petrol, I buy five gallons at a time for about $25. I can't do fuel consumption calculations here due the weird measures at the pump but I have the idea one can get about four hours of run time for a gallon (UK) of diesel.

For the unititiated, dbd's diesel vehicle is painted green with John Deere written down the side and, at accordingly to his last blog entry on the subject, was stuck down at the bottom of an icy slope. Presumably not consuming much diesel there then?

I eventually got it up the hill. Just as well as we had record snow last weekend. The chains have arrived at the dealer's so I suppose I'll collect them tonight and have another go at properly clearing the road over the weekend. I'm well sick of getting things down to the barn by hand or on sleighs.

The important point though is that diesel costs more than petrol, I don't think that's true in the UK.

Oh it does from time to time IIRC. (Having run diesel vehicles there as well.) Here it's sometimes cheaper than petrol but not generally during winter. Right now I think it's 10cents or so more expensive. Which hurts but I think I'm still ahead on fuel consumption.

It's a smidgeon more there too now I think, didn't use to be...

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/fuel/index.html

The tax regime in the UK has seen diesel and petrol at about the same price per unit volume for a number of years. The financial incentive for running a diesel is in fuel consumption - upwards of 50mpg for a small efficient diesel as opposed to mid-30s mpg for an equivalent performance petrol motor. Other European countries (notably France, unless it's changed in the last 24 months or so) have the added incentive of a significant price advantage in favour of diesel on the forecourt.

And in stuck vehicle news, the tractor is now needed to pull the Element out of a drift. It's a good idea to have lots of vehicles in the country, that way there might be one to take to the pub.

Property dimension and especially road widths in "Chains".

Its the fault of those darn Brits again.

I know how much I weigh but no Canadians do!

Just like the UK! Distances in Miles, DIY in centimetres, beer in pints, milk in pints bottles of wine in ML / Litres

Just to confuse you even more. US inches are slightly smaller than UK inches as are fluid oz. UK Pint 20 floz whereas US pint 16floz (thats why cooking is always hit and miss).

OH yes gas prices in Fredericton NB about 109 a litre.