[urq] NAC: Touareg V10 road test... still smiling a day later

[Jason]

Too bad it sucks balls doing doughnuts.  Wheels wont even turn after you've
gone 90 degrees.

I know this.

Jason


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bennett" <ur.quattro at verizon.net>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>; <urq at audifans.com>;
<Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com>
Cc: "Steve R" <srosen at starxray.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] NAC: Touareg V10 road test... still smiling a day later


> Eurocar (the rag) felt the same way, though they were way impressed by the
> air adjustable ride height too. (imagine paying for fixing that outta
> warranty, must be why I see Range Rovers with hoses and springs and no air
> suspension and the ride height controller unplugged) The V10 TDI is tits!
> and so is the new 2.0 TDI in the new VW cars. Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
> Cc: "Steve R" <srosen at starxray.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:38 PM
> Subject: [urq] NAC: Touareg V10 road test... still smiling a day later
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am taking this opportunity to jump in and talk a little about, guess
> > what?, the Touareg V10 TDI.
> >
> > Yesterday, we had the opportunity, Brady and I, to drive the V10 Touareg
> > for half a day.
> >
> > Impressions?
> >
> > Nothing short of "totally amazing" comes to my mind right now. This
truck
> > is a monster, and the V10 is the sweetest engine I drove, and yes I am
> > talking of a diesel engine.
> >
> > You know how you feeled when you drove your first real powerful engine?
> >
> > Then, you now know how big we were amazed yesterday when I floored the
> > throttle for the first time. The nose of the truck point 20 degrees up,
> > some tires are searching for traction (and yes it's a full time 4wd),
and
> > the truck goes like hell! No fuss, no waiting, just Go! with a capital
G.
> > This engine is so powerful, it behaves exactly like an old american
> > big-block V8, all torque, right now. The sound is very similar too. Yes
> > there is turbo lag, but it's more like half a second.
> > And the most amazing thing is the throttle response: in neutral, you
won't
> > beleive me, but this TDI wants to revs like a japanese sport bike. No
> > flywheel mass, no inertia, it's like a race engine. Brapp, brapp,
brapp...
> >  It's just amazing.
> >
> > Compared to my urQuattro? I will not provoke any TDI V10 if I see one, i
> > swear. Way to scary to lose a fight with a gorilla.
> >
> > After driving it for a day, I can't see why anybody will buy the V8.
Heck,
> > the 0-60 time is around 7 second. This is a diesel, for krysake! No
noise,
> > no smell, 308 horses at 3750, 553 ft-lbs at 2000, why do you want a V8?
> > Idle is 600 rpm and cruising is 1200 rpm. And if you want to pass: floor
> > it, transmission drops 2 or 3 gears and the truck accelerates like a
> > sportscar. In fact, the V10's 200 ft-lb of torque over the V8 are more
> > impressing when passing than from a standing start.
> >
> > Ah yes, the beast costs 103 000$CAN (+16 000$ of sales taxes!), that is
11
> > 000$ more than the V8 with comparable equipment, i forgot to tell you.
> > Ouch.
> >
> > At the end of the day, after showing the truck to 2 other gearheads
(both
> > were real surprised too...), we stopped for fuel. 32 liters for around
200
> > km, this translate to 16l/100 km, that is 15 mpg for a 6000 lbs truck
> > going wide-open-throttle each time the road cleared. Not bad at all, if
I
> > compare to my own car.
> >
> > I wonder how much these will go after a 4 year lease...
> >
> > Damn, it is really a strange world: me speaking with envy of a
> > compression-spark engine...
> > At least it's "kind of" an inline 5 design and it has turbos...
> >
> > Louis-Alain Richard
> > there might be a TDI in my future...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve R <srosen at starxray.com>
> > Sent by: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> > 2004-07-19 16:00
> > Please respond to
> > Steve R <srosen at starxray.com>
> >
> >
> > To
> > audi group <quattro at audifans.com>
> > cc
> >
> > Subject
> > Re: allroad tire recomendation
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I think the biggest culprit is the air suspension as Brett says but how
> > would that cause the dead steering feel? Is the steeirng system
different
> > on
> > the Allroad? Personally speaking, I wanted the car cause it sat higher.
At
> > the time the Toureg wasn't out yet. It' still not available with the 10
> > cyl
> > turbo diesel by me yet.
> >
> > I will check the Audi site tonight
> >
> >
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