mauricio_28
Adventurer
Thanks for your valuable input, especially the one about buying a diesel in Chile. I checked out the Jeep Chile website immediately, and sure enough they offer a torquey diesel engine, very similar in specs (297 ft.lbs. at 2,000 rpm underfoot) to the Nissan TDi engine on the Navara that I've got on order here in Indonesia. Regrettably, the diesel engine JK is sold with automatic transmission only, and I don't like to drive automatic. I like to drive, not be driven. That, I am afraid, is a deal breaker for me.
That led me to start looking for other diesel engine vehicles elsewhere in Latin America. A TDi Toyota HiLux or Nissan Pathfinder, for sale in my native Guatemala, might also do the trick.
The trans-continental trip would start January 2009, at least to Panama. Time and other committments allowing, I'd continue on to South America. I'd be going at it alone or with, at most, one other person. The dream destinations are highland Bolivia and Chile. Which brings me to a question: Which type of engine (diesel or gas/petrol) is more efficient at high altitude?
That led me to start looking for other diesel engine vehicles elsewhere in Latin America. A TDi Toyota HiLux or Nissan Pathfinder, for sale in my native Guatemala, might also do the trick.
The trans-continental trip would start January 2009, at least to Panama. Time and other committments allowing, I'd continue on to South America. I'd be going at it alone or with, at most, one other person. The dream destinations are highland Bolivia and Chile. Which brings me to a question: Which type of engine (diesel or gas/petrol) is more efficient at high altitude?