Put a TDI behind one of those ATs and watch the slug grow wings! ;-)
David Marshall
Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3
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In a message dated 2/26/06 12:41:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA writes:
Diesel did get automatic transmissions - very rare, but they did exist in Europe.
learn something new everyday! id think europe would be the LAST place for a diesel automatic vanagon!!! last time i was there in '98, i could walk down the street and 99% of the vehicles were standard transmission....diesels too.. i have seen a diesel automatic rabbit pickup (caddy)..with a/c and power steering no less! talk about a slug.. chris |
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