[Vwdiesel] Top Gear

[Tad]

I was pretty disappointed when they didn't go with Adam Carolla for the US
Top Gear as originally planned.  He would have been a good fit.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Matt <matt_lisa at sprynet.com> wrote:

> It's true that they destroyed a Caddy on the show. Rutledge was really
> broken up over that, as he really wanted the truck after the challenges
> were done. His first car was a VW Caddy. If he had known they were going to
> trash them, he would have bought a rust bucket instead.
>
> Don't judge the whole show on the one episode. They really are working at
> making it great in their own way.
>
> And that's awesome about the TDI!  Can't wait to watch the episode.
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2012, at 12:07 AM, peter blake <pila47 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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> >> 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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> >> 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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