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Stoatmaster
05/08/09

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Well guys, I already have a diesel Audi.

And with only another 9 cylinders, it could match this one.
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LuciferV8
05/07/09

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Guess I'll just have to settle for a Fieroborghini with a Powerstroke V8 crammed in the back.
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Starlton Heston's Revenge
05/07/09

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not like it woulda made the swim cross the ocean anyhow...

/rationalization for sanity's sake
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StuckXJ
05/07/09

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Ever since I saw the prototype I lost all interest in any non-TDI R8. It is a shame. I wish we could have seen what this thing could do with that beast motor...
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Starlton Heston's Revenge
05/07/09

@StuckXJ: ditto. Seeing them in person still solicits a squeal of glee, followed halfway through with a hearty "PFFFTT... still no TDI"
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Bumblebee
05/07/09

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"Audi Won't Build R8 V12 TDI"

Hey Audi: Your mom.
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Graverobber
05/07/09

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Perhaps they couldn't come up with a way for it to generate 1.21 gigawatts?

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maximum-sienna
05/07/09

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Now you know why the development cost is so much. Although, if Doc Brown could afford it, Audi I'm sure could afford it, with a little Iranian backing.

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Graverobber
05/07/09

@maximum-sienna: You're too fast for me. And you have better Google skilz it appears.

Well done sir.
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Mobius
05/07/09

@maximum-sienna: I always thought that did not look like a V12 internal combustion engine. Now, thanks to you, I finally know.

If the heart was there, (I'm looking at you, IT gods) I'd click it.
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Leeeeena the Jalopchick
05/07/09

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Excuse me, I'm going to go cry now. See you guys tomorrow.
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Ash78, cube farmer
05/07/09

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This is where I express some sort of passionate outrage akin to the trade of my favorite professional athlete. It shortens my life by 15 minutes via stress, but has no impact on reality.

I think diesel may be dying a pretty quick death here. High fuel prices (now coming down), Honda's cancellation, Audi's foot-dragging, and now their cancellation of a diesel halo.
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Dr. H. F. Danger
05/07/09

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But if you see me walking by!

And the tears are in my eyes!

Look away, baby, look awaaaaaaay

If we meet on the streets someday

And I dont know what to say

Look away, baby, look awaaaaaaay

Dont look at me

I dont want you to see me this way.
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Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
05/07/09

@Dr.Danger is a pottymouth:

A 00 Accord in red stands in the background...
I stand in front in a long brown trench coat..

With an 80s boombox...

love I get so lost, sometimes
days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when I want to run away
I drive off in my car
but whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are

all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes

love, I don't like to see so much pain
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive

and all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
the heat I see in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
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Dr. H. F. Danger
05/07/09

@Accords went loco, killed Camry and Malibu.:

I wanna know what V12 is

I want you to show meeeeeeeeee

I wanna feel what V12 is

I know you can show meeeeeeeeeee
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/07/09

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Look, no one really "needs" a diesel V12 anyway.
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SerialThriller
05/07/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: Fine, just keep telling yourself that...
[cough]700 lb/ft of torque[/cough]
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Mobius
05/07/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: Of course I do. I must, must, must make my neighbours with the V10 R8s feel inferior. Whatever happened to human rights?
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/07/09

@SerialThriller: @Mobius_1: Just to clarify: I was being sarcastic.
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Pessimippopotamus
05/07/09

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So... Would W12 be alright?
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OldeEnglishD
05/07/09

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Hello, I know we have never met, and now it semms we never will, but I just wanted to tell you that I love you...
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OldeEnglishD
05/07/09

@OldeEnglishD: seems
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Jo Schmo
05/07/09

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Tell me there is a sound clip or video of that car.
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Pessimippopotamus
05/07/09

@Jo Schmo Especial: Nothing worth watching. Apparently the transmission on the concept can't handle the torque from the engine, so there is no video that you're thinking of.
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scroggzilla raids again
05/07/09

@Jo Schmo Especial: I imagine it sounds like their LeMans car.....which doesn't make much sound at all.
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Pessimippopotamus
05/07/09

@SCROGGZILLA!!: It's eerie in real life. Especially when there are V8s jackhammering and flat sixes screaming all around you.

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Starlton Heston's Revenge
05/07/09

@Pessimipposaurus:

I STILL get the TOTAL..

shit-eatin GRIN.. EVERYtime the Jake vettes go by!!
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Pessimippopotamus
05/07/09

@Om nom de plume: Your COTD trophy has Syphilis:

Why...

Are... YOU

still trying... to... MAKE

this... WORK!??!?!?!?!?!?
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Tanshanomi
05/07/09

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"Audi would be unable to reap a return in its investment through sales."

Hell, that never stops GM or Chrysler...
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FЯeeMan
05/07/09

@Tanshanomi: And that's why...

eh. Never mind...
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