Dood, there are no downsides to diesel.  That noise is the sound of raw
grunt powerrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  All cars should be diesel.  My '96 Passat tdi was
remarkably quiet and vibration free.  Awesome engines--just clean out the
intake manifold, or better yet, trick the 'puter into defeating the EGR

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

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> this is more 'personal opinion' .,..........but noise and vibration are two
> of the numerous downsides to diesels.
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Casey
'87 300TD
'94 100CSQ Avant
'89 Bluestar