[Vwdiesel] Top Gear

Bryan Belman dieselwesty at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 5 04:44:36 PDT 2012


I have seen it a few times but have never caught any good shows where they dealt with diesels.



 
Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp   -- running :<)
04 Golf TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp auto with tiptronic shift -- running :<)
92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp  -- running :<)  need to sell
82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA               -- running :<)
70 Type 1 stock Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)


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 From: peter blake <pila47 at yahoo.com>
To: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> 
Cc: diesel <vwdiesel at vwfans.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Top Gear
 
Dave,
  Is that the same show where they trashed a really cherry caddy
by crashing it on purpose?  along w a honda and some other car?
I lost interest after that.  I'm sure there are some entertaining
segments but I won't be watching them. 
Peter

--- On Tue, 9/4/12, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Top Gear
> To: "VW Diesel Group" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 8:27 PM
> Cool!  I only watched the first few
> episodes of the US version.
> 
> Speaking of Top Gear, I'm currently working my way through
> the British version.  I've seen a lot of the episodes but
> not all.
> 
> In the episode I am currently watching (From season 3, in
> 2003) they compared a TDI Lupo to a similar Gas Lupo.  The
> TDI Lupo got 75 mpg, which I assume is British units, but
> still impressive.  Jeremy was even arguing in favor of the
> TDI version and they are usually loathe to admit a diesel
> engine is any good.  Despite that, it is probably my
> favorite tv show ever.
> 
>  
> Dave Cook
> 
> 
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> To: vw fans <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>;
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 8:49 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Top Gear
>  
> Was just watching Top Gear.  They had a driving challenge -
> 700+ miles from Seattle to San Francisco on one tank of
> fuel.  Rutlege (sp?) used a 97 Passat TDI and easily beat a
> 2013 BMW  driven by Tanner(I really hate that guy) and the
> other guy drove….a Ford F350 pickup with a full tank of
> gas and a full tank of propane (still used up both tanks of
> fuel which was actually cheating anyway).  The Passat
> easily won the race and had fuel left over even though the
> other guys put 400 lbs of cat litter in the trunk.  Always
> good to see an old diesel perform well on a national
> stage.  Hayden
> 
> "We're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that
> have allowed some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their
> fair share. They sometimes made it possible for millionaires
> to pay nothing, while a bus driver was paying 10% of his
> salary – and that's crazy. Do you think the millionaire
> ought to pay more in taxes than the busdriver?  Ronald
> Reagan
> 
> “I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where
> they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation
> as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step
> toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to
> move at all.”  Alexis de Tocqueville
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> Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
> Proud owner of:
> 2004 Jetta GL PD TDI
> 1968 Beetle, my latest project, watch for details
> 1982 VW Jetta Coupe with GTD turbo diesel transplant (in
> progress)
> And many, many, many VWs; from a 1947 Beetle (13 Beetles
> total), to Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window (both were
> campers), 1 Vanagon Westy, Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1),
> Jettas (9), Passats (2), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), Rabbit
> Convertible (1) and Rabbit Pickups (3) most now gone but not
> forgotten.
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