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    Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"

    Home-Built 2700 HP Jet-Truck Is The Coolest Truck Ever!
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    What's the difference between the GTI and the GLI? I thought the GLI was the 4 door, the GTI the 2 door. #vwgti
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    I guess this is why I don't read Automobile magazine. I guess that's why. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    So Motor Trend picks Subaru Outback, Automobile pics the GTI. What does that leave us consumer focused publications? Camaro SS? #vwgti
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    It's certainly a neat car and VW does a very nice job with overall feel, design, quality and use of materials. I think Japanese cars in the GTI's range have gotten rather ugly in their desperate attempt to stand out. And the quality of materials used inside has declined over the past decade or two.

    But to call it Automobile of the Year seems to be overrated to me. I suppose the GTI is more relevant in Europe than it is in the US, hence the award. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    Car & Driver just ranked the GTI over the MS3 as well, even with the power deficit. The only thing that would make me hesitant about the GTI is VW's reliability issues that were resounding a few years back. I'm not sure if those are resolved yet. #vwgti
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    11/11/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: 73,000 miles with only gas and oil. I've found my 07 reasonably reliable.

    The local Mazda shop couldn't be bothered to provide a test drive.

    The absence of torque steer despite all the midrange pull makes a compelling case for the GTI. #vwgti
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    11/11/09

    @RocketScientist takes the edit button for granted: What I'd heard was electrical niggles and dealerships that were ill-equipped to meet service requirements. Good to hear your POV. Do you report to truedelta.com? #vwgti
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    11/12/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: never heard of it till now. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    I was still in the midst of my misspent youth as an automotive journalist when the Mk5 came out, and when I opined that the Mazda/Speed3 was better looking and had better steering feel and the only reason why everyone was so ga-ga over the Golf/GTI was due to leather/high-end plastics poisoning, I might as well have had bats flying out of my ears. You can't go wrong with either, but man, they're acting like this thing is the best thing since...since the MK1? C'mon. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    Looks like 2010 won't go down as a great vintage for automobiles. #vwgti
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    11/10/09


    @CJinSD: It's not as if the Automobile was an influential publication.

    Here's a Bentley Mulsanne to make you feel better. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Thanks! I needed a good laugh! That car is hilarious. The nose looks like it is off a custom pimpmobile Lincoln MKIII from about 1971. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    Wolfgang and the GTI Mk V. #vwgti
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    06/30/09

    In reply to Home-Built 2700 HP Jet-Truck Is The Coolest Truck Ever!
    Top speed is only 130?


    Numbnuts, shift the tranny into neutral and pour the coals on the turbine. If you can't break past 200 with 2000+ ponies in your tail, you're slumming.

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    06/30/09

    In reply to Home-Built 2700 HP Jet-Truck Is The Coolest Truck Ever!
    You guys somehow see this as cool, I see a future Darwin award winner.
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    06/30/09

    @slackinfux: Not mutually exclusive.
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    06/30/09

    In reply to Home-Built 2700 HP Jet-Truck Is The Coolest Truck Ever!
    Sure, like I want to go 140 MPH in a stock F150 with a load in the bed.
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    06/30/09

    In reply to Home-Built 2700 HP Jet-Truck Is The Coolest Truck Ever!
    Now if he'd just couple the turbine shaft to a mechanical linkage to get that power to the wheels he'd have something..


    This is why helicopter engines need to be used in vehicles and not jet turbines.


    Not only can you still get flames and melt things behind you, but you can also use that power to push against the road.. which works better than pushing against the air behind you.

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    06/30/09

    In reply to Home-Built 2700 HP Jet-Truck Is The Coolest Truck Ever!
    Pure novelty. Boring!
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    06/30/09

    @GotaGurt: Contradiction.
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    06/30/09

    In reply to Home-Built 2700 HP Jet-Truck Is The Coolest Truck Ever!
    The automobile article mentioned that the jet won't see the full 2700HP until the intake air reaches a speed of 500mph+


    It really needs at least some sort of intake snorkel.


    Great for roasting marshmellows in the parking lot, but really underwhelming on road performance.

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    06/30/09

    In reply to Home-Built 2700 HP Jet-Truck Is The Coolest Truck Ever!
    I think a Rocketruck would be cooler, cheaper, and faster.
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    06/30/09

    @Turboner: Yup. Strap a couple of RATO units to the bed and he'd have some serious motivation. Until he hits the end of the long stretch of straight highway that he finds out too late isn't long enough.
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