I have on more than one occasion heard the siren song of the V10 TDI Touareg. But then again I worked at a dealer that serviced them, and witnessed DIE RIG, which isn’t all that different than DIE RIG used to pull the drivetrain out of a Phaeton for service.

That truck has more of a traction issue than a power issue.

Pictured here, special lifting apparatus. Also, just LOOK at the size of that mass damper on the front of the crank.

I see a TDI V10 Touareg rolling by the neighborhood nearly every day. I also see two 2.7 Audi Allroads. I have owned many VAG cars and currently have two. I have always found the knocks on reliability to be overstatements. A good maintenance schedule and not pushing your luck Toyota style (I have one of those too,…

In defense of the engine builders for this V10, they didnt have much to go on from the engineers.

i’ve always lusted after a v10 m5... but ten cylinders just seem to spell trouble and since my career hasn’t up to this point included human trafficking, i guess it will just be a dream

It’s a touchscreen that connects to a phone: why should it need updates at all? Hell, why should it connect to a network, itself?

Incidentally, a friend of mine now works for Collinsworth, for his stats company. Reportedly a really friendly guy.

You’re not too old, this was shitty. I can appreciate some Kenneth von Blockenstein as much as the next Jalop, but I’ve been on the fence with these Hoonigan videos. This one just pushed me over it.

I’ve watched a couple of things, and sometimes they have neat stuff, but the general approach of the “crew” + the unnecessary abuse of just about every car at the end is enough to put me off.

I am too old. Until recently I’d never heard of Hoonigans, caught a few minutes of one of their videos here, and now I despise everything related to them.

I first realised I needed to get out when I opened the door and the flames went up my arm.

oh good... it was just one of the new ones...

If he wants to continue to have any customers, he needs to be honest.

Well it’s not like he is going to say “This is built better than any of my clients vehicles!” now is it?