[geeks] electric cars

[Caleb Shay]

On 10/23/06, Dan Duncan <dand at pcisys.net> wrote:
> Diesels are hard to find in the US,

Thankfully, that is about to change.  However, I've owned 2 diesel
VWs, and I was extremely happy with them, unfortunately they both got
taken out in nasty car accidents (which I walked away from).

 and even manual trannies are getting
> as rare as hen's teeth.  The vehicles that offer 4wd (or AWD) and a
> manual tranny rarely offer them TOGETHER.  I ended up paying quite
> a bit more to get the combo.

Which is why I've gone all Audi at my house.  Pretty much every
vehicle they make is available with AWD and stick.  I've got an A4 and
a TT, both AWD (quattro in Audi parlance) and 6 speed stick.

My personal gripe is that I can't get all three.  I want an AWD,
manual, diesel _car_.  There are trucks out there (though mostly
automatic), but getting that combo in a car in the US is nearly
impossible.  Supposedly Audi (and possibly VW) will be offering them
in 2008/2009.

Caleb