Hello, I'm Nicola. I just picked up a 20120 Touareg T2 TDI, 182000 miles. no air suspension. I used to own the V10 twin turbo when it first came out. Head it for 2 years sold it as I moved to Japan. my last car was a Prius which I loved, addicted too the reliability and gas economy. but the reality is that I needed a mid size truck that can tow, I have a teardrop and travel a lot across the continental USA, and I really love diesel trucks, I build an F-550 into an overland vehicle with the 7.3 power stroke diesel, the fuel price was killing me so I sold it. I tend to do all met own mechanical work that is feasible to do...I did replace the head gasket on the Prius... which is a big job, and that was done on the street in NYC ..... I am looking to prep my truck, first thing is I want it as reliable as possible and not do any modifications that threatens its reliability.
2010 VW Touareg T2 TDI
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Hello, I'm Nicola. I just picked up a 20120 Touareg T2 TDI, 182000 miles. no air suspension. I used to own the V10 twin turbo when it first came out. Head it for 2 years sold it as I moved to Japan. my last car was a Prius which I loved, addicted too the reliability and gas economy. but the reality is that I needed a mid size truck that can tow, I have a teardrop and travel a lot across the continental USA, and I really love diesel trucks, I build an F-550 into an overland vehicle with the 7.3 power stroke diesel, the fuel price was killing me so I sold it. I tend to do all met own mechanical work that is feasible to do...I did replace the head gasket on the Prius... which is a big job, and that was done on the street in NYC ..... I am looking to prep my truck, first thing is I want it as reliable as possible and not do any modifications that threatens its reliability.
I'm pretty sure there was a mistype and you now have a 2012
. Congrats on your purchase.Just don't ask if the HPFP should be changed as preventative maintenance....please.
He says T2, which makes it a '10..... but he also says gas economy and has a TDI..... but he does come from a Prius, so brain damage is understandable
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oops that was a typo, typed it on my phone, so sorry.... its a 2010 ..TDI and I already am in the process of deleting it, got the pipes and a tune.....He says T2, which makes it a '10..... but he also says gas economy and has a TDI..... but he does come from a Prius, so brain damage is understandable
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SavageSoot, are you ok?having aa hard time reading? gas economy was in reference to the Prius which is an hybrid.....those take gas.... I said I was addicted to the reliability of the Prius and its gas economy.... who's got the brain damage now
Ha... You got me!
Read some of my posts... I openly admit to having brain damage around here quite regularly.
Read some of my posts... I openly admit to having brain damage around here quite regularly.
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Hahaha it’s all good, can’t say I’m without some too
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Welcome to Club Touareg.
does your Touareg have the OEM hitch and tow module? If so, max tow rating is 7700 pounds - should be great with your teardrop tt. What trailer brake controller do you have?
does your Touareg have the OEM hitch and tow module? If so, max tow rating is 7700 pounds - should be great with your teardrop tt. What trailer brake controller do you have?
That kind\style of trailers are typically very light and do not have electric brakes (or require them), especially since they are mainly sub 3000lbs and single axle setups.
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It does have OEM hitch & module ! I have the Tenkonsha P3 I have the mammoth ELE off road trailer camper fitted with e brakes because I find it useful when I go thru things like the Imogene pass , black bear pass etc
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Very correct ! My dey weight is 2900 however it is still equipped with e brakes ! And I got the bulletproof model because I am about to drive to Argentina with it and I will go thru some questionable areas !
Well, that's not exactly a conventional teardrop so your earlier statement was quite misleading..... Very different setup here....
Please post more about your trailer and adventures! That trailer sounds very cool. I’m curious how the Touareg does offroad with that trailer, as I want to do some offroad towing with a sailboat that weighs about the same.
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so sorry, you are right, I just got the mammoth when I knew I was upgrading to the touareg, I had a timberleaf teardrop , 900 lbs, which was very good for me because I was towing with the Prius V (1900 towing capacity) and it was ok, although I regret that teardrop, because the price was stupid. and I was even more stupid for buying it.... honest truth.... then I build an F-550 into an overland vehicle , travelled with that, until Biden came in and $%^^&&* the diesel price ! I had a huge 7 L diesel in it....it was literally painful to go up elevations in Wyoming, Dakotas etc single digit mileage ! I was lucky to sell it.... and then I found the mammoth at auction, it was a repo, paid 800$ for a 50K trailer.... I was the only one bidding... in was in Montana .. and then I found the touareg I haven't gotten used to saying I have the mammoth and still refer to it as a teardrop because its small ....
I think you got an 80k trailer for $800. I'm super jelly. Awesome score.
Holy hell! That's a steal. I hear stories like this once in a while from friends who go to auctions. Of course they're not the ones getting the deal.
That is a killer deal on the trailer... I was also a bit shocked to see that you had purchased a trailer that expensive to tow behind a 14 year old VW.
OPEC essentially has full control of global crude oil prices which is the major factor in diesel prices, US politicians and politics doesn't really affect diesel prices much beyond the switchover to ULSD that happened back in 2006ish. Changes in refinery tech have also reduced the percentage of crude that becomes diesel from refineries, making it more expensive.
I work on biofuel research, and one of our challenges is that since OPEC can sell oil as cheap as they want, even pay people to take it if they felt like it, no matter how good we make the biofuel tech, they can still undercut us if they want to. So we've pivoted to making fuels that are better than is possible to make from petroleum- higher cetane, higher energy density, better lubricity.
OPEC essentially has full control of global crude oil prices which is the major factor in diesel prices, US politicians and politics doesn't really affect diesel prices much beyond the switchover to ULSD that happened back in 2006ish. Changes in refinery tech have also reduced the percentage of crude that becomes diesel from refineries, making it more expensive.
I work on biofuel research, and one of our challenges is that since OPEC can sell oil as cheap as they want, even pay people to take it if they felt like it, no matter how good we make the biofuel tech, they can still undercut us if they want to. So we've pivoted to making fuels that are better than is possible to make from petroleum- higher cetane, higher energy density, better lubricity.
Interesting, but who's the intended market? These giants already are in bed with the distribution networks, so how will your superbio reach the market?
Right now, mostly aviation and military. Fuel energy density is obviously a huge factor in aviation, and we have a lot more control over the chemistry with biological systems- to the point that we can potentially make fuels with twice the energy density of diesel fuel or Jet A, e.g. requiring half the fuel weight. It would not be a drop in replacement.
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I love you when you dive into these topics on here. Great information
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