The CycleChat Large SUV Owners Club thread

[fossyant]

With regard to the above, we've bought a VW Touareg
The 3.0Tdi V6 is the mid-range engine


I'd really like to try the big one, which is a 5.0Tdi V10, but apparantly, it knocks the hell out of the 'handling' & ride quality (due to being so heavy)
That's got 550Ib/ft of torque, & 300BHP

And burns the planet down !

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

And burns the planet down !

It’ll probably do less miles per year, with us, than most small ‘city cars’/hatchbacks

 

[MrGrumpy]

With regard to the above, we've bought a VW Touareg
The 3.0Tdi V6 is the mid-range engine


I'd really like to try the big one, which is a 5.0Tdi V10, but apparantly, it knocks the hell out of the 'handling' & ride quality (due to being so heavy)
That's got 550Ib/ft of torque, & 300BHP

Only 60 lb/ft of torque more than my 3.0 sdv6? Same engine can also pump out 306bhp ?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

With regard to the above, we've bought a VW Touareg
The 3.0Tdi V6 is the mid-range engine


I'd really like to try the big one, which is a 5.0Tdi V10

Apparently, some markets (probably not the UK!) were offered the 6.0 W12, that was used in Bentleys!!!


The seller put 2 new front tyres on, as agreed, they’re a heck of a size!
275/40 x 20

Whilst picking it up

Just trying the plate that will go on, to disguise the age, to some extent

Oh, and;
1. It also has a low-range!
I’ve not tried it yet, but it shows as selected on the instrument cluster
Taken on Saturday, so a bit grubby



2. it has a 100litre fuel tank
£50, took it to just over a 1/3rd full

 

[MrGrumpy]

That’s beast ! Is the 6.0 V12 the same engine used in that classic Jason Statham film The transporter ? Its an Audi but I’m sure that’s a V12 in that car?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

That’s beast ! Is the 6.0 V12 the same engine used in that classic Jason Statham film The transporter ? Its an Audi but I’m sure that’s a V12 in that car?

No idea on the film???
It's a W12, not a V-formation

 

[MrGrumpy]

No idea on the film???
It's a W12, not a V-formation


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Ahh yes you would be right .

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Surprisingly there's no guard on such a long/serpentine belt!

Official figures are (when new)
222BHP
369 Ib/ft torque

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

That's a BIG exhaust silencer

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

That’s beast !

It's a bit bigger than my Kodiaq, which is;
L = 4697 (15' 4")
W = 1882 (6' 1")
H = 1676 (5' 5")

Touareg
L= 4878 (16' 1")
W = 1984 (6' 4")
H = 1717 (5' 7")

NB;
Lengths do not include tow-bars
Widths do not include mirrors

 

[theclaud]

Tyre Extinguishers feature on the Road.cc podcast this weekend.

https://road.cc/content/news/roadcc-podcast-vedangi-kulkarni-tyre-extinguishers-292163

“We've chosen SUVs for a number of reasons – not least the International Energy Agency's research showing that the increasing pace of SUV buying is cancelling out all the carbon savings from people switching to electric cars. If SUV drivers were a country, it would be the sixth-largest emitter in the world.”

Other reasons for the group targeting SUVs include air pollution, increasingly linked to a number of health conditions, the increased risk of death or injury to other people that the vehicles – and their drivers – present, plus the fact that “they are absolutely everywhere – and that means people in almost every urban area can take this action.”

As for the reaction they have received? “We've had very many death threats, almost entirely from men,” they told us. “There are a lot of men with fragile egos out there who seem to value their cars more than their children's future.

“But it’s worth saying we have had loads of support – lots of people getting in touch, saying they love what we're doing. We even had some journalists getting in touch saying they loved it – and not from media outlets you might expect to be sympathetic!

“Our favourite bit of media coverage by far is the weekend motoring article in The Telegraph on 3rd April, which suggested that motorists opt for smaller cars to avoid being targeted by the Tyre Extinguishers

 

[Arrowfoot]

They know full well the wealthy and well heeled would have their SUVs parked on private property at night. They probably drive to their destination for poor returns and add to the emission. Misguided attention seekers would be the best label.

Why not canvass politically and force the hiking of SUV taxes on means tested basis with the exception for rural folks. We all know that in most cases an SUV is not needed.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Tyre Extinguishers feature on the Road.cc podcast this weekend.

https://road.cc/content/news/roadcc-podcast-vedangi-kulkarni-tyre-extinguishers-292163

“We've chosen SUVs for a number of reasons – not least the International Energy Agency's research showing that the increasing pace of SUV buying is cancelling out all the carbon savings from people switching to electric cars. If SUV drivers were a country, it would be the sixth-largest emitter in the world.”

Other reasons for the group targeting SUVs include air pollution, increasingly linked to a number of health conditions, the increased risk of death or injury to other people that the vehicles – and their drivers – present, plus the fact that “they are absolutely everywhere – and that means people in almost every urban area can take this action.”

As for the reaction they have received? “We've had very many death threats, almost entirely from men,” they told us. “There are a lot of men with fragile egos out there who seem to value their cars more than their children's future.

“But it’s worth saying we have had loads of support – lots of people getting in touch, saying they love what we're doing. We even had some journalists getting in touch saying they loved it – and not from media outlets you might expect to be sympathetic!

“Our favourite bit of media coverage by far is the weekend motoring article in The Telegraph on 3rd April, which suggested that motorists opt for smaller cars to avoid being targeted by the Tyre Extinguishers

I smell sh……te

 

[MrGrumpy]

Todays park like a pr…..k in your SUV is this Tesla driver. Talk about the owners of big 4x4 being self entitled twats but this is quite common. Not charging just using it as their personal parking space !

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Just trying the plate that will go on, to disguise the age, to some extent
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Given that we only collected it last Thursday (21st), the new V5 arrived in todays post!!
Now we can send it, & the retention certificate, back to have the above pictured registration assigned to it