My Trip to Germany - A6 TDI Rental, two tickets, and 240km/hr on the Autobahn
04-23-2006, 06:47 PM
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They are sending some of them over again this year in June. V10 tdi 553trq about
24mpg on the highway. Not bad for an SUV and 500hp and tons of torque. I just drove it a few days ago along with cars not at dealerhships yet.
04-23-2006, 08:14 PM
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I'm told next round of VW TDIs will pass emissions laws (2008 my)...
They still have particulate issues along with NOx...even though their CO2 and mpg are good. FYI - all diesel engines can use bio with simple modifications. I have friends that run old 1980 Mercedes 300D with bio. What makes diesels attractive nowadays is that the current breed of cars also happen to get great mpg...and also that there's no use of foreign oil. Cost is still the same, though.
04-23-2006, 08:15 PM
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I should have taken the covers off...
<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/nogarohiro/040818A8engine.jpg">
<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/nogarohiro/040813A8Wuerzburg.jpg">
<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/nogarohiro/040818trittenheimvillage.jpg">
in August 2004
<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/nogarohiro/060331-1627s.jpg">
and in March 2006<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/photo/msgs/6630.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/photo/msgs/6630.phtml</a</li></ul>
<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/nogarohiro/040813A8Wuerzburg.jpg">
<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/nogarohiro/040818trittenheimvillage.jpg">
in August 2004
<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/nogarohiro/060331-1627s.jpg">
and in March 2006<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/photo/msgs/6630.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/photo/msgs/6630.phtml</a</li></ul>
04-24-2006, 03:38 AM
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LOL - yeah, you should have. Nice pics BTW
I love switzerland.
Cheap disposable camera at CVS...me at top of Klein Matterhorn, snowboarding in Oct
<img src="http://65.182.219.254/smokin_s4/Switzerland/Me%20and%20the%20Matterhorn.JPG">
Cheap disposable camera at CVS...me at top of Klein Matterhorn, snowboarding in Oct
<img src="http://65.182.219.254/smokin_s4/Switzerland/Me%20and%20the%20Matterhorn.JPG">
04-24-2006, 04:12 AM
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haha BIG 2-nd on the diesel ..
this is what i hear in us about diesels "oh .. it smells bad .. it's too loud .. it doesn't have power .." while these people have no clue !
a next car i'd love to buy next (since there is no 3.0 TDI = A BEAST imho ..) is Mercedes TD.
this is my father's little TDI :
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/47312/dsc00524.jpg">
a next car i'd love to buy next (since there is no 3.0 TDI = A BEAST imho ..) is Mercedes TD.
this is my father's little TDI :
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/47312/dsc00524.jpg">
04-24-2006, 10:42 AM
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Yeah, I looked at an Mk4 Golf TDI when I was visiting family in Chicago last Christmas...
and they had only one on the lot. They said they would not be getting any more in until the laws changed and VW came out with the next model of TDI...likely 2008 my (2007 release).