wrote:
On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 10:16:04 AM UTC-6, wrote:
Anyone towing with a Touareg TDI? Thoughts?

Pete,

Most of the time you will NOT be towing anything so you want a car that
works well for your daily commute as well.
In my experience, the VW TDI engines do not like short drives at all.
Anything less than 4 miles will leave you with gunk and carbon
accumulating in all the wrong places. Even trying to burn that off on
occasion will not always work. Have been driving VW Diesels since the
70's in Germany (50HP) and they are great at pedal-down on the Autobahn.
However, don't get one for short-distance driving, especially in cold
climates (Madison WI qualifies). Had a Jetta TDI for 5 years that was
completely plugged up after some years of short commutes.

Herb (1986 Mercedes Diesel, in great shape)

I remember the old 1978 Mk1 Golf LD we had back in Germany. Hell we used to
tow a small trailer behind the thing to haul half a dozen sheep around. The
Autobahn was interesting in that beast though. About the only thing it
would be able to pass were the semi trucks ;-)

Pete