Touareg/Cayenne fiasco Round 2 (Dakar)

[Pantelis Giamarellos]

Tihol Hi,

I think the Dakar raid is one of the few where changing an engine is NOT
prohibited.

I remember very well that back in the early 1980's Mercedes has won the
Paris - Dakar with a Gwagen that had an engine changed during the event.
There was a dispute with Lada (which came a VERY close second) which
appealed the results but the ruling was that changing the engine with one
taken out of a vehicle which was alo competing at the same event was
allowed. Mercedes was allowed to keep the first place.

Now what I do not know is whether the engine installed in Mrs. K's Race
Touareg (as the proper name is, to differentiate it from the standard one)
was one used in another vehicle or a spare one.

Take care
Pantelis

----- Original Message -----
From: "tihol tiholov" <tihol.tiholov at sd27.bc.ca>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: Touareg/Cayenne fiasco Round 2 (Dakar)


> >kleinschmidt won a stage, maybe even two. *as the dakar can do, she had
> one bad day and was then out of the running for an overall awesome
> finish.
>
> And a second bad day when she hydro(au)locked the engine, so it had to
> be replaced with a new one, which is against the rules ... but apart of
> that it was OK
>
> TT
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