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Posted by Ron on July 15, 2004 at 04:33:50 from (69.179.21.81):
In Reply to: Thanks for all the response posted by buck on July 14, 2004 at 19:34:57:
The others assumed you meant exhaust noise. That's stricly a function of the exhaust system. If you meant that nasty "rattle" that diesels are famous for, well, that's a different story. The Cummins in your neighbors Dodge is very poorly designed. A friend has one and he can't turn the radio up loud enough to drown the %#$^ thing out. It's noisier than a D9 Cat. The later models with the computer controlled injection are a little quieter. The big rigs have much better designed engines in them and are therefore quieter. Diesels can be almost totally free of rattle; stand next to a late model Mecerdes sometime and you'll see what a well-designed diesel sounds like.
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