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Originally Posted by roberto
the new S6 tdi says it all
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The one that sounds so disappointing, they play a petrol engine noise through the internal speakers to make it sound better ?....
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Originally Posted by roberto
i think diesel is here to stay
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I think it'll be the first to go - for cars at least - So we'll agree to disagree on that one..... :-)
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Originally Posted by roberto
but Euro 6 cars will be fine
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They are 'cleaner' because they hold more of the dirty stuff back inside them using ever increasingly complicated fudgery to do so....
So yes, you can drive a Euro 6 in more places (but not all, some places are blanket banning diesel regardless), providing it hasn't broken down.... But John Doe on the street doesn't understand Euro 3/4/5/6, he just sees a dire part exchange value on his old car and so starts the downward spiral
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Originally Posted by roberto
my A6 3.0 tdi (track car) just passed mot with perfect emissions
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C6 though isn't it ? Last of the 'just get on with making power' engines, before they had to knuckle down and make the tail pipes smell like roses.
The way the MOT has changed, the tests for diesels in particular (bad pun, sorry) have got very very tight. You're going to have little choice but to replace that faulty emissions kit with good (expensive) stuff if you don't want your car to be a write off, which seriously hammers the 2nd hand value. Plenty of owners taking their cars for first MOT since buying it to find the previous owner cut corners and Vosa are finally doing a pretty decent job of clamping down on cowboy MOT testers, so the days of having "a mate in the trade" are numbered.
So, my (personal) opinion about diesels being in decline stands - Petrol is superior in every way bar a few MPG, and probably a bit of torque. Audi have lost the plot moving onto diesel for the S models, they really have. The S cars are about bragging rights, 0-60's, rev limits, top trump winning specs, the sound and showing everyone you're doing all right because you didn't have to economise and buy the TDi Repmobile version of the chassis you wanted......
Anyway, back on track....... I'll get off my soap box now I've hijacked your thread....
If you have to have a Diesel, then yes, a twin turbo is a great shout, if you really have to have one...... :-)
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2001 D2 4.2 QS Silver, 1997 D2 S8 Silver, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2002 D2 S8 Dolphin Grey,
2003 C5 RS6 Blue, 1998 D2 S8 Black, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue, 2003 D3 4.2 Ming Blue,
2005 B7 S4 Blue, 2006 D3 3.0 Tdi Black, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2003 D3 4.2 LPG Crystal Blue,
2000 D2 S8 Silver, 2007 3.0 Tdi Q7 Black, 2009 B8 S4 Black, 1998 D2 S8 Agate Grey,
2006 D3 4.2 Tdi Blue, 2006 D3 S8, 2007 Q7 3.0 Tdi, 2006 C6 S6,
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2007 4.2 Tdi Q7, 2006 S4 Cab Silver, 2010 RS6 Saloon Black
, 2007 TT Roadster,
2010 A8 D4 4.2 Silver, 2006 C6 A6 2.7 Tdi Quattro, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue (again), 2008 Q7 4.2 Black,
2009 C6 RS6 Saloon Daytona Grey, 2001 Fully Loaded A2 Tdi, 2006 Avant S6 Black, 2007 VW Caravelle Exec Black (almost an Audi)
2009 TT Roadster Daytona, 2015 Q7 4.2 tdi lava grey, 2002 GmbH D2 demonstrator, 2006 D3 A8 LWB 4.2 Tdi Black
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