[s-cars] RS4 test drive, wowieee!!!

[Taka Mizutani]

Yeah, with the torque of the TDI, if you chipped it, you'd probably break
the DSG.

Taka

On 5/17/06, R. Mair <waves at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  I got into the 'buy-jetta' kick a little late, so the pickings weren't as
> good as they were a few months back. I had initially wanted a DSG, but they
> couldn't find one with Sirius satellite radio, only XM. As a stockholder of
> sirius, I gave up on DSG and went for a 5 speed that had it. Besides, in
> talking to a local tuner who did wonders on my 03 Golf TDI (270# torque and
> better fuel mileage than stock when not hard into the throttle :-) he rather
> not tune a DSG equipped TDI anyway. Yes, it is the latest incarnation of the
> Jetta, the Corolla looking one.
>
> Rolf
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> *To:* R. Mair <waves at comcast.net>
> *Cc:* Igor Kessel <KBATPO at comcast.net> ; s-car-list at audifans.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:02 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [s-cars] RS4 test drive, wowieee!!!
>
> That's kind of funny- the dealership people go to those ride and drive
> events at racetracks and they're pissed that they couldn't go to this
> event?!?
>
> The only thing I regret about not working at a dealership now is that I
> will not have a chance to do the RS4 ride and drive- then again, the
> management would have probably screwed me on that opportunity as well.
>
> Did you get a DSG or conventional manual TDI? That's the A5 chassis car,
> right?
>
> Taka
>
>
>