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February 14th 15, 05:24 PM
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Towing with a TDI
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) 
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