[Vwdiesel] TDI Passet 4 motion

[pmdolan at sasktel.net]

Passat 4 motions, yes, Canada and USA.  4-motion tdi - never happened here.

----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Briggs <vbriggs at stny.rr.com>
Date: Friday, February 23, 2007 0:58 am
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] TDI Passet 4 motion

> I'm pretty sure you could get them in NY, I'm fairly certain I saw 
> a 
> passat 4 motion on the highway a month or so back. Whether it was 
> a 
> TDI, I don't recall.
> On Feb 22, 2007, at 2:00 AM, pmdolan at sasktel.net wrote:
> 
> > They didn't.  The car was never sold here and cannot be legally 
> > imported in any way.  If you have one, you built it from parts 
> > (usually a donor car, making the original a body shell with a 
> > registered serial number).  Even then, only some states allow 
> the 
> > un-certified engine - which is a "conversion" to most.
> >
> > I came within a few weeks of laying my hands on a shiny red '02 
> Passat 
> > Variant with 2.5TDI, AWD and 6 speed last year, but the (German 
> > officer) was too close to leaving to do the arrangements (car 
> had to 
> > be exported or destroyed).
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: LBaird119 at aol.com
> > Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 11:32 am
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] TDI Passet 4 motion
> >
> >> I was something interesting pass me while driving to Sacramento
> >> today. A TDI
> >> Passet 4 motion station wagon, with Calif. plates. I didn't know
> >> such a model
> >> was available over here.
> >>
> >>
> >>  Sure would beat the heck out of an Aerostar all wheel,
> >> mini van!  :-P  Kind of the perfect family, ski, all year car
> >> where it snows kind of car huh.  :-(  Didn't know they ever
> >> showed up either.
> >>     Loren
> >>
> >>
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