Yeah, please don't rag on diesels too much. I have two newer VW TDI deisels
and they are great running cars. Put a chip on it and you get pretty good
times. Can't beat the gas mileage either. Now if we had the good deisel that
the europeans do then it would really be impressive. One is the 150 TDI pd
engine that does 0-60 in about 7 seconds and will top out around 200 mph.
The one I want is the new v-10. 315hp and a gawd awful amout of torque. 0-60
in 6 seconds. Enough to make grown men weep.
Jeff Durling
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: re:Subject: DML: RE: Holy Ricers, Batman!!!(Attn. Ray)
>
> "Brett Forehand" <brett4hand@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> : Ray wrote:
> :>Pulled into a gas station this afternoon and found a VW rabbit
> : in front of
> : me. Decals and stickers all over it. Guess what he was using
> : for a fart
> : pipe........can you say Maxwell House?!!! Seriously! It had
> : been painted
> : black but some of the paint was peeling off.:-) Must be REALLY
> : fast. I'm
> : scared now!
>
>
> : Hey Ray,
> : you didn't mention.... was it filling up with DIESEL??? That usually
causes
> : the fart-pipe paint to peel. Watch out, DieselDragWabbit's.com may give
you
> : a run for your money! Their quarter mile times match their miles to the
> : gallon.
>
>
> Hey now! I used to drive a VW Rabbit diesel! :-) It was a great
> car - took me to work and school every day and I only had to fill it up
> every couple of weeks. Just backed into the barn and pumped 10 gallons
> or so from the ag diesel tank (at 60 cents per gallon). Needless to say
> it was quite economical! :-) Enjoyable to drive too, though it
> certainly wasn't a speed demon. Diesel is wonderful! In fact, as soon
> as (financially) possible, I plan to add a diesel vehicle to my .sig. ;-)
> I'm shooting for a Ram 3500 though, so it might be quite some time. :-(
>
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
> .---- Jon Steiger ------ jon@dakota-truck.net or
jon@jonsteiger.com -----.
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|
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