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Date:         Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:19:08 -0800
Reply-To:     "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Can VW find it's Beetle Juice?
Comments: To: Mary Beth and Chris Geiser <geiser@EXECPC.COM>
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> Power is the most overrated characteristic of vehicles. I was > just > commenting to my wife yesterday how amazed I am that despite > being in a > diesel Vanagon that I consistently have to ease off the > accelerator for > others when coming off stoplights. Everyone talks about power > - cars are > manufactured and marketed for power - no one uses what they > have...

As fellow TDI drivers put it, "People drive torque and buy horsepower". My 2001 NB TDI puts out 145 ft/lbs of torque at 1900 RPM, which is just a tiny bit less peak torque than a 1.8T gas engine, but it has "only" 90 HP. The torque moves it very well. So well, in fact, that the only thing I miss are gas stations with a 40 MPG in-town average. I'd say that Beetle juice smells like diesel to me!

===== Chris S.

'84 Westy -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/vws/hershey/ '01 NB TDI -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/Beetle.jpg

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