Date:         Mon, 16 Feb 2004 07:05:18 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: "green" cars (NVC)
Comments: To: Tromper <tromper@COMCAST.NET>
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That is a fact.  My TDI had a cat.

Mike

On 2/15/04 11:52 PM, "Tromper" <tromper@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> I do wonder if they used actual data from the Tourag or
> just an estimate based off conventional diesels.
>
> Heard somewhere the 4 cyl TDI's were clean enough to run a
> catalytic converter.
>
> JT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Kim Brennan
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 10:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: "green" cars (NVC)
>
>
> Okay, so news.google.com referenced an article on "green" vehicles and
> which were the best and which were the worst. According to these folks
> (not google, that was just how I found it) www.greenercars.com, the VW
> Touareg V10 TDI, was the worst "green" car. even though it has better
> fuel economy (17 city, 23 hwy) than a LOT of other vehicles.
>
> So I obviously don't understand what they mean by a "green" car, since
> fuel economy isn't a major contender in the evaluation.
>
> Bah. This just looks like multi-cylinder bashing without paying
> attention to the bottom line.
>
> PS. The Touareg scored a "9", while several Large vans (with lesser
> fuel economy but lesser cylinders) scored a 20 or more. The scoring is
> out of 100.
>
>