[Vwdiesel] A few TDI followup questions

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----- Original Message -----
From: "McCanless, James" <james.mccanless at lmco.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:04 AM
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] A few TDI followup questions


> Shalyn,
> <snip>. To think that in the UK you could get a 150
> HP 1.9L TDI Golf and still approach 50 MPG US. I would love to ride in
> one of those.
>
> Troy
>

Holy schmokes.  Well at 150 HP and 50 MPG US there ain't gonna be anything
left like schmoke coming out of the pipe.  I am scheptical as this, at first
blush sounds like free energy.  Why didn't the engineers try instead to make
a 75 HP engine that gets 100 MPG US?  I'd pay money for one of those.

Rob