Date:         Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:17:09 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
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>After more than 10 years of Vanagon Syncro ownership, I have done the
>ultimate upgrade
>
>Yes, I am (well the wife
>is) a proud owner of a 2006 V10 TDI Touareg!  I really have to say it
>that Volkswagen and Porsche did do their homework on this car and it is a
>fine replacement for the Vanagon in many ways.  Stock vs Stock the
>Touareg will walk all over a Syncro Vanagon!  Don't to start any wars
>here - the Vanagon is a fine vehicle, but for those who are thinking about
>modernizing, the Touareg is something to take a serious look at.

A distillate-guzzler... with poor handling. Wait for the breakdowns to begin...

No car with such a big engine is going to sip fuel, gas or diesel..
or propane. Even if you put an uncooked chicken egg on the
fuel-pedal. The Cayenne apparently handles well; the Toareg doesn't;
dunno about the Q7 yet.

For those who can't spell... Tou-A-reg. Not Toureg. The a is pronounced.

Don't forget the Audi Q7, which is the third of the platform triplet
(though it doesn't share eny external panels with the other two,
which share most of the same panels).

>  (or any SUV ever made, for that
matter)

SUV... now THERE's an oxymoron. Where's the "sport" in a Frod
Exploder or a Tchevy Blazes? Or a Mitsubishi Pajero or LandCruiser or
Prado...

These vehicles are not competition for the T3. They're not in the
same class. Hmmm... a 2008 Toyota diesel V8-powered Hiace widebody
LWB (hi-roof comes with widebody LWB) 4WD Hiace... hmmm... now THAT
would be competition for a T3 Syncro.

Anybody'd might guess that I'm not a fan of offroad/pseudooffroad
4WDs used onroad. Anybody'd be right.

"Exotic cars"... mine's exotic. It wasn't made here. It's a diesel
Corolla, use-after date 1989. The word exotic means just this: "from
somewhere else". No other meaning. No indication of high technology,
mystique etc.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
‚ Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago University
"There is water at the bottom of the ocean"  - Talking Heads