K5 in Stuttgart Germany?

[resurrected_jimmy]

Trucks are not as popular because people don't want to pay the price for the everyday fuel usage incurred when you're not needing the hauling capability.
I think the US is missing out on the tech development in small diesel engines - this is where many European automakers have bet their chips regarding fuel economy, and the results are quite convincing. The tech is not working over here because of the properties of the diesel fuel that's sold in the US.

From what I have been told about the laws here you can't haul anything unless it is in anenclosed cargo space.... kind of renders a pick-up truck useless

One of the most fun cars I have driven here was an Audi A6 with a 2.7 TDI diesel and a 6 speed manual. That car would do 0-60 in 6.0 seconds. On the autobahn it would cruise at 120 mph all day long and still get 25 mpg. We made it to Prauge in under 6 hours.

 

[azblazer]

Michael...if'n i member right...not only TUV but horsepower makes a difference over there when buying a car. To modify said engine to increase the output potential of said engine costs you money....so buying a older american car or truck is the preffered method of getting more bang for your buck if i remember right. I also remember when the snow melts and spring comes into play over there american iron comes out of the woodwork...or winter hibernation as you were. I used to hang with a german/american car club out of frankfurt main when i was stationed in wiesbaden back in the day. In fact a german friend from another chevy truck web site is helping me locate some lder issues of chrome flammen so i can hopefully find one of those old friends....any ideas where to find back issues of C@F and a big fat bottle of Asbach Uralt?

DW

 

[fireplug]

"they now have seasonal licenses though that allow you to store the car over the winter and reactivate the license for the summer w/o having to go thru the whole registration process again."

That is brilliant. I wish they would do something like that here in Canada. Most of us car enthusiasts only drive our good cars for 6 to 8 months. I am soooo jealous of you guys in the south.

 

[morcav]

This thread is like a year old, but I wanted to know if any of you are still in Germany?

 

[dyeager535]

I'm not, but resurrected jimmy may be coming back in a bit, judging by how long he's said "somewhere in the desert".

Where are you?