Quite OT: NYTimes.com Article: TV Ads Say S.U.V. Owners Support Terrorists

[SCIROCCO_SPEED@msn.com (Brandon Smith)]

Sorry dude, but I beg to differ.  I believe we will get the V-10 TDI.  This
last summer and a few times since then when driving on I-70 west of Denver,
towards Vail,CO, and I-25 between Pueblo,CO and Denver,  I came up on 3 VW
Touregs, 1 of them being the V-10 TDI (suprisingly they left the badge on
the back, and a huge ploom of black smoke erupted when it shifted gears).  I
was in a slightly tricked out MKIV Golf and stayed with them through the
mountains.  They were engineers road testing them.  VWs testing facility for
the U.S. is in Arizona, and sure enough, they had AZ plates.

Now I know this doesn't mean for sure we will get it, but why road test it
over here if you're not gonna bring it over to sell?

That same trip and since then too, I have also come across a pack of 3 of
the new Porsche SUVs, the Cheyennes?  Anyway, these were all de-badged and
the guys driving these seemed to be having some fun.  I pulled steady with
one guy, gave him the thumbs up (I was in my 16v Rocco), and he dropped the
fucking hammer on me.  He took off from 75mph and kept pulling away from me
until we hit 90, then I don't know if I could have taken him or if he was
just backing off.  anyway, still cool as hell though.

just thought I would share a story.

-Brando



> <snip Brando>
> Not to mention that the V-10 TDI Toureg will come with an outrageous
amount
> of torque. . . Something like 550 ass kicking ft/lbs. and about 310~320 hp
> <end snip>
>
> This sounds great... for our non-US friends.  According to Autoweek, the
> diesel is not coming to the states.  I believe it has to do with us having
> the old, dirty diesel fuel compared to Europe's newer, cleaner burning
> diesel fuel.  Hopefully our fuel will be similar enough to Europe's in
2006
> when our government regulations kick in that we'll be able to start
> importing some of the cool diesels that they get.
>
> - Brad
> '86.5 Volkswagen Scirocco 16v
> '76 International Scout II
>