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Alternately, although the CD-Rs for music are packaged differently than CD-Rs for data -- there does not appear to be any difference. I think the CD-r's for music include some kind of "royalty" since they are ostensibly to be used to make a single recording of a copywrited work (legitimately).
However, while it will play the audio, one challenge is the control of it. The big advantage of the Phatbox now (as far as I understand it at least) is that you can control it from the radio and steering wheel controls.
Not sure you will be able to do that from other devices. And not sure you want to be messing up with your ipod controls while driving to go to the next song or navigate your mp3s...
lejuju
And to ALL would be T-Reg shoppers; please read through recent posts on the B I G decision you have to make V-6 vs. V-8 Engines.
However, while it will play the audio, one challenge is the control of it. The big advantage of the Phatbox now (as far as I understand it at least) is that you can control it from the radio and steering wheel controls.
Not sure you will be able to do that from other devices. And not sure you want to be messing up with your ipod controls while driving to go to the next song or navigate your mp3s...
lejuju
I found out that the prices on the Edmunds web site for the Touareg (V8 at least) are incorrect. It is off by $2,000. The price on Edmunds is 40,700, but the real MSRP price (given by a delaership here and also carsdirect.com and other websites) is 42,640 since last July.
How come Edmunds did not update the pricing since it changed more than 6 month ago?
Hoping to get an answer this time (have been posting 5 relevant questions to this forum in the past week. Got no answers. Gee why is the Volvo XC90 forum so nice and Touareg so inactive?? Can't we have a vwmax like they have a volvomax?!)
Thanks.
tidester, host
No, the price change was in January.
"Prices are right-on from Edmunds for cars sitting on the lots right now and those delivered to several dealers in the last couple of weeks."
Well, when I visited my dealer last week all but one of his available vehicles were on the new pricing. I guess it depends on the dealers activity.
Vehicles that are delivered today have been ordered 3-4 months ago. But if you custom order today, the new price will be applied. And,in my case, the vast majority of today's available vehicle were already with the new price.
In any case, I still think that the new price with an indication of when it exactly changed would be relevant information on the Edmunds web sites. Most other car websites I checked have upgraded the price already.
And my consumer experience is that I have been asked the new price for a purchase today.... hence having a bad surprise after using Edmunds as a reference. I am just guessing and warning it could be other's experience too.
lejuju
Any advice that could sway me either way.....
It'd also be nice to have the air conditioned front seat that VW has.
My wife and I have ordered every Audi and Volkswagen we have ever purchased (which, including the VW's is about 30 cars since 1978). Ordering and waiting and taking delivery extends the fun part of getting a new car.
We're certain that VW/Audi of America want "mo inventory" at their dealers, but I would have no problem if the only inventory on hand at a dealership was the demo fleet. It appears that most Porsches are special ordered, and my Audi+Porsche dealer orders a boatload of Audis every year, specifically for customers like my wife and me.
Ordering -- the only way to BUY or LEASE, from our perspective. But then, we have almost without exception, never been able get exactly the combination of colors and options we wanted. And, once you blow through $40K for a vehicle, it just seems you ought to get exactly what you want.
My wife, for example, wanted metallic green exterior, light grey interior, leather, satellite navigation, upgraded 18" wheels AND alcantara covered steering wheel.
All were "legal" and possible options. We have, to this day, not seen both alcantara covered steering wheel and sat nav in a 225HP Audi TT coupe (except in my wife's 2003 TT)!
The Touareg option sheet looks pretty cool -- visit the configurator -- why not order one and wait 3 or 4 months and get exactly what you want?
If you wait about 2 months, you can probably order a 2005 (which will give you access to the 2005 features and options sheet).
Ordering is simple, sublime and fun.
IMHO it makes for happier customers.
A couple of times we had three at once, a couple of times we bought cars two years in a row rather than skipping a model. One or two cars we only kept 6 months.
We have no kids. We like German cars, European travel and fine dining.
My wife's an attorney and I am an IT consultant -- which USED to be lucrative. Perhaps once the economy is in sustained rebound. . .well you figure it out.
I attended a "thank you" party thrown by Audi in St. Moritz and there were 25 folks from North America there. Several of the people had had two or three times as many Audis (and VW's and one BMW 325ix) as my wife and I have had. We weren't even in the Bronze category of car ownership.
Other than cars and some travel, we hardly have a rich and famous lifestyle.
There: TMI!
The company has a lot of experience with turbo engines, so it shouldn't be much of stretch. Here at high altitude (Colorado) turbo engines are far superior to non-turbos because they minimize horsepower loss from the thin air - a real consideration when trying to pass at 9,000+ feet above sea-level with 2-4 people and their gear in the car. Audi's bi-turbo 6-cyl engine used in the Allroad is a perfect engine for high-elevation ...more actual HP than a normally-aspirated V8 at altitude, and better gas mileage to boot.
I'm very interested in buying a Touareg as my next car, but I'm hoping to see them produce the 6-cyl turbo like the Allroad or the Cayenne. Has anyone heard of VW plans for this? Or have suggestions where I could get a good answer?
Thanks!
-Jon
Audi/VW seem to be hell bent on moving to entirely 100% normally aspirated engines (perhaps with a few exceptions).
Conversely, I read that the W8, too, will be discontinued and that the 3.2 MAY be turbo charged sometime in its life and be placed into the up scale Passat or in bewteen the Passat and Phaeton.
Turbo in a Touareg -- based on what I have read there will be a turbo -- diesel placed in a Touareg.
Rumors and half truths are free flowing -- I do believe that the TDI Touareg IS real!
The hardest part of it is the insurance, I always joke seriously to my agent, but I only can drive one car at the time!
We used to travel to Europe a lot and the Caribbean for Sun and clear water but now days the hassle of getting on a plane is not worth it to me. Now we dedicate ourselves to travel by car to the scenic places of North America and here is where the payoff of a German car is, the sweet handling, the joy of driving that no other can match, whether is an SUV or sports car or sedan.
We are getting in our middle age and like the old saying goes, Life is short and time is a thief, so no jet set life style here, our biggest indulgence touring.
Right now the only switch I will consider is my ML for a V10 diesel Treg other than that I am perfectly happy with the ML.
1- With the center differential locked 50-50 front to rear what is the max speed allowed under theses circumstances? I read 25 mph like when going uphill in snow e.g., but have seen conflicting answers on this.
2- In the Touareg manual it shows if you have the Convenience Pkg. which I do, that you can walk away and it will lock by itself. Is this possible? Also says you can walk away and it will lock as well???
3-Last of all the manual says with keyless access you can just walk up to open the door which does work, but the confusing part is it also says you can start it without using the key! This I have not figured out.
Can anyone help me out with these 3 questions? Thx. Bob
Herbert
I would love to know other peoples experiences, and what consideration you have given to different tires. The tires that came with the car are the weakest part of its capabilities for sure.
http://www.think-inc.com/v10_tdi.html
The site is VW main site and it is in German but you can see the pictures on Page 10 of PDF document which is catalog for Touareg
Follow these steps:
Step 1] Go to following site
http://showrooms.volkswagen.de/touareg/
Step 2] Under "Zahlen & Fakten" , click on Infomaterial
Step 3] Choose "Katlog" from combo box and hit
"Anzeigen" and download the PDF document. Go to page 10 and you'll see the photos.
This could be V8X and these options are currently available in Australia , hope it makes it to US shores.
I am glad at least one Touareg owner "Touhead" was not a wimp and actually took his Touareg Off-road. Most owners would have coronary at the thought of it!
For starters, during Off-road tests in Moab, Utah, Touareg could tackle obstacles successfully which Hummer H2 failed to do. Touareg handles close to BMW X5 on road which makes Touareg a really unique vehicle.
P.S. I have had other problems but the above are the most severe.
Then put the gear back to park turn off the key and start up as normal.
This is a very common 5spd tiptronic Audi problem.
The other solution appears to be to fully bring the car to a stop and then from a full dead stop "punch" the accelerator to the floor (be aware of safety, of course). The transmission will then begin to learn a more sporty attitude.
When it worked, my Audi tiptronics were great (except that they suck the power out of a good V8). I learned to compensate.
One shouldn't have to.
I had three Audi cars with 4.2 V8 engines -- they all had automatics. They all did the "tip-lag" thing.
I know my friend's Acura with an automatic does the same thing. I assume that BMW's and Mercedes do too.
I hope the other cars do, for if they don't and the Audis and VW's do, I would think "bad things" will happen to Audi & VW's sales.
Please -- VW & Audi -- offer manual transmissions on your products -- I promise I will continue to buy them. And, I suspect others will too!
Steve, Host
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040227/bs- _nm/autos_porsche_recall_dc_3
I don't understand why Porsche is only getting around to this 9 months later?
I am glad you figured out what the problem was.
When I drive an automatic transmission car, I use the right foot for go and the left for stop.
The THEORY was you could cut about 44' off of your stopping distance (@ 60MPH x .5 seconds, as @ 60MPH you are travelling 88 feet per second).
I have a stick shift now, as does my wife, so we use the Audi driving school method which they called the Bruce Lee system (for panic stopping) which means apply (push) both the brake and the clutch as hard as possible but lead with the brake foot by a fraction of a second to minimize the stopping distances and to prevent the engine from stalling.
To this day, I still use -- automatically -- my left foot on the brake in automatic equipped cars (which I generally avoid). Is this a problem?
I do not advocate using the brake pedal as a foot rest. And, I have no clue if left foot braking is being "taught" as an option anywhere anymore.
Considering the dearth and death of stick shifts, it would seem possible for a left foot braking to be taught yet, still.
Automakers would be, however, concerned about legal matters. It is said that car can be easily equipped without a steering wheel. A simple joy stick could propel, turn and break the car but people will have to get used to such a system of driving. Removing steering wheel will also save thousands in accidents.
Volkswagen abandons the high road, ratchets up the deals (Channel News Asia)
Steve, Host