Got Torque?! (This VW Has!)
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Got Torque?! (This VW Has!)
A VW Touareg has succeeded in towing a Boeing 747 to demonstrate its durability
The stunt was arranged to demonstrate the car's reserves of strength and durability. Watched by engineers, Volkswagen personnel and bemused passers-by, the Touareg V10 TDI completed seven complete runs on the auxiliary runway at Dunsfold Aerodrome, 40 miles south west of London.
The vehicle was a standard production Touareg fitted with a special towing adaptor to connect it with the aircraft towing link and loaded with 4.3 tonnes of metal ballast to bring its total weight to just over seven tonnes (7,030 kg) including the driver, an engineer from the technical department at the company’s headquarters in Germany. The Boeing wieghed in at 155 tonnes.
The stunt was arranged to demonstrate the car's reserves of strength and durability. Watched by engineers, Volkswagen personnel and bemused passers-by, the Touareg V10 TDI completed seven complete runs on the auxiliary runway at Dunsfold Aerodrome, 40 miles south west of London.
The vehicle was a standard production Touareg fitted with a special towing adaptor to connect it with the aircraft towing link and loaded with 4.3 tonnes of metal ballast to bring its total weight to just over seven tonnes (7,030 kg) including the driver, an engineer from the technical department at the company’s headquarters in Germany. The Boeing wieghed in at 155 tonnes.
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it's got a 5.0 V10 engine and more than 4 tons of shit in it
why not just hook it up as it is and see what happens then
or, even better, get the smallest engined version to try the same stunt
or, even BETTER, do it in the manual version
fookin showboating is all it is, but it hasn't troubled martoon's fastest caravan run so no worries eh
why not just hook it up as it is and see what happens then
or, even better, get the smallest engined version to try the same stunt
or, even BETTER, do it in the manual version
fookin showboating is all it is, but it hasn't troubled martoon's fastest caravan run so no worries eh
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Originally Posted by dojj
it's got a 5.0 V10 engine and more than 4 tons of shit in it
why not just hook it up as it is and see what happens then
or, even better, get the smallest engined version to try the same stunt
or, even BETTER, do it in the manual version
fookin showboating is all it is, but it hasn't troubled martoon's fastest caravan run so no worries eh
why not just hook it up as it is and see what happens then
or, even better, get the smallest engined version to try the same stunt
or, even BETTER, do it in the manual version
fookin showboating is all it is, but it hasn't troubled martoon's fastest caravan run so no worries eh
Martin towing a caravan was essentially just showboating too.
Even better, why didn't Martin try to tow the caravan with the smallest engine'd 1.3 Escort??
Because they can
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Must have a big F**k off clutch in that!!!!
Wouldnt like to buy it after all that strain. Anyhow im pretty sure that whoever buys that car isnt planning on pulling a 747. (no more than a 1 off anyway)
Wouldnt like to buy it after all that strain. Anyhow im pretty sure that whoever buys that car isnt planning on pulling a 747. (no more than a 1 off anyway)
Originally Posted by PhilM
Originally Posted by dojj
it's got a 5.0 V10 engine and more than 4 tons of shit in it
why not just hook it up as it is and see what happens then
or, even better, get the smallest engined version to try the same stunt
or, even BETTER, do it in the manual version
fookin showboating is all it is, but it hasn't troubled martoon's fastest caravan run so no worries eh
why not just hook it up as it is and see what happens then
or, even better, get the smallest engined version to try the same stunt
or, even BETTER, do it in the manual version
fookin showboating is all it is, but it hasn't troubled martoon's fastest caravan run so no worries eh
Martin towing a caravan was essentially just showboating too.
Even better, why didn't Martin try to tow the caravan with the smallest engine'd 1.3 Escort??
Because they can
And get Martin to give it a crack towing that 
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