Originally Posted by sarg (Post 149783)

A couple of weeks back, one of the contractors on a site I was working on pulled up in a modern Transit with what sounded like a V8.

On further investigation and chatting with the fella, turns out it was just a standard 4-pot diesel but with a soundbox installed.

Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4QfuPnCjA

Now, I'm not into the fake sounds either, but it certainly made me look twice and was very convincing.

He turns it off on the motorway though, too boomy :ROFL:

Originally Posted by 27litres (Post 149776)

In "Merica" (USofA), where they don't understand diesel as a performance option, the SQ5 has the 3.0Tfsi engine.
I expect it has shorter gearing too to make it rev a bit harder.

I like the way a diesel produces power, I like the theory on how it burns, long injection pulses, complete combustion, efficiency and torque. i just don't like the smell (raw, or burnt) of the fuel, the carcinogenic nature of it or the relatively unrefined characteristics. Not sure I could live with it (though the 4.2tdi could convert me) and VAG diesels are seriously on the nose at present.