[Vwdiesel] Top Gear

[Matt]

I miss the days when Jeremy Clarkson and co would actually test cars. Nowadays they only test super cars which gets really dull after awhile. 

Matt

On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:05 PM, "Tony and Lillie" <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Early on in the UK, they did a test of an Audi A8 TDI over 800 miles on one tank of fuel. Here's a link to a short blurb about it:
> 
> http://motorphilia.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/audi-a8-tdi-top-gears-jeremy-clarkson-attempts-to-drive-800-miles-on-a-single-tank-of-gas/
> 
> I have the video downloaded somewhere.
> 
> Tony
> ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [Vwdiesel] Top Gear
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> 
> 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
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