Dood, there are no downsides to diesel. That noise is the sound of raw grunt powerrrrrrrrrrrrrr. All cars should be diesel. My '96 Passat tdi was remarkably quiet and vibration free. Awesome engines--just clean out the intake manifold, or better yet, trick the 'puter into defeating the EGR On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > > this is more 'personal opinion' .,..........but noise and vibration are two > of the numerous downsides to diesels. > > > -- Casey '87 300TD '94 100CSQ Avant '89 Bluestar |
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