RDXtremist

this past saturday a vw touareg pulled next to me while the light was red. i was on the centre lane waiting for the light to turn green and go straight, the touareg was on the left lane presumably going left when the light turns green.

so the light turned green, the touareg instantly jumped ahead and cut me off, which was when i spotted it was a tdi. the crazy thing was at the next red light, it did the exact same to a mb c63 amg. although i think the c63 was like me and didn't expect the touareg would be doing something this crazy.

upon further research, the touareg tdi had 407 lb-ft of torque, and judging by how quickly it pulled ahead, i don't think my tl sh-awd could prevent that even if i wanted to.

the c63 on the other hand, should be able to with relative ease.

Mr Marco

I suddenly have the urge to cut off the next "touareg" I see on the road.

justnspace

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good story!

407lbs /ft aint a joke.

jshaw

It has 407ft-lb of torque, however, HP is a mathematical representation of torque at speed (hence the formula HP = torque(ft-lbs)*RPM/5252). As such, that TDI only has 240HP. Its 0-60 time is somewhere in the low 7 second range. A 4cyl, 6MT Accord would beat it to 60. The TDI might be faster in the 0-30 range, but that's really about it. Even that V8 TDI they have in Europe would have trouble beating that aforementioned Accord to 60.*


*yeah, I know 0-60 isn't the sole indicator of performance. I'm merely putting this into perspective. It really all did come down to perceptions.

KeithL

You gotta love VW Groups cars, the TDI and their turbo and supercharged cars are full of torque.

Ruby

There is a video on YouTube of a Touraeg or however you spell it, pulling against a Silverado. And it down right puts the truck to shame. Its pretty funny.

justnspace

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Reorge

It makes 0 ft-lb when it's in the shop; broken down; again; and again.

Mr Marco

Had a couple of friends (both girls) with VW, both were POS Jettas. Lot's of "Can you pick me up at the repair shop? My car broke down again."

012TL-GLM

Just about any vehicle is quick off the line these days in stop/go traffic. Give it time, you'll experience just about every type of vehicle whiz past you on the green. I accelerate moderately off lights, with emphasis on the slow side. Gas is expensive, no reason to burn more just to hit another red light in a few hundred feet. I find that most of the red light racers are out of power by 40mph, as I'm usually on their ass by then without much effort on the pedal. If you want to be a red light commando with the TL it can certainly play the part, but you'll be stopping at the Shell station a lot

JLH

Well said, 012TL-GLM

That's my driving attitude exactly

Steven Bell

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Why was this posted in the 4G TL Community?

RDXtremist

hi admin,

this happened while i was driving my 4G TL. apologies my avatar may be deceiving sometimes

NSXNEXT

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Sleeper

SuperTrooper169

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