[Vwdiesel] Polo TDI

[James Hansen]

Bryan Belman wrote:
   It is just sickening.  I do
> see a good bit of the Prius on the road, but only
> about 1% of the cars.  WE are .01% of the cars in NY
> metro area sadly.....that is my view.  Even when
> driving around in summer on vacation, just never see
> anything A2 or older, and never see any other diesels,
> maybe once or twice a year.


That's for sure Bryan.  I was in NY in spring.
I think the single most striking thing that I noticed as compared to my 
travels elsewhere was the total and utter lack of recycling.  All of it 
just goes to the trash, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, paper... no 
noticeable effort made at all.  Now contrast that to Saskatchewan.  We 
could recycle everything down to snot on the kleenex and it wouldn't 
offset a month of business as usual in NY.  Had fun tho.
As to cars, I saw only one Jetta A2, and I do tend to notice this stuff. 
  Saw a stretch Hummer limo, a number of really nice 911's, Ferraris, 
but as far as thrifty cars go, almost none.  Not surprising really, 
since in NY, parking a car costs as much as anyone else pays for a roof 
over their heads.
-james