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October 7th, 2009, 16:42
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Location: Oakville Ontario Canada
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2010 Green Car of the Year Finalists
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October 7th, 2009, 17:25
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Kitchener Ontario
Fuel Economy: 72 MPG Record for 00' TDI
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2010 TDI Golf one of five finalists for 2010 green car of the year
"The Green Car of the Year award is given out by the Green Car Journal, which narrows the field of green cars down to five and then turns over the decision to pick a winner to "jurors such as Jay Leno, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Carroll Shelby, Matt Petersen of Global Green USA and the Sierra Club's Carl Pop." The winner will be announced in LA on December 3"
Vote for the Golf TDI by clicking the link :-)
http://green.autoblog.com/2009/10/07...ds-two-diesel/
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October 8th, 2009, 05:25
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Here
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So is this based on actually being green or just what comes out of the tailpipe? Until battery technology advances far beyond what it it today I don't see how any hybrid full of batteries can be considered green.
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October 8th, 2009, 08:08
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Savannah. GA. USA - Toronto. ON. CANADA
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Golf VI 2009 World Car of the Year
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October 8th, 2009, 10:59
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: KC
Fuel Economy: low/mid 30s so far
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My TDI is a great car, but the Milan hybrid is more deserving of my vote. 
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October 8th, 2009, 16:28
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Kentucky
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I vote the Golf TDI now, but I'm not buying another car until there is a new wave of technology in the showrooms. Hydrogen? EV/batteries? Who knows just now...
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October 8th, 2009, 16:46
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Rustville, MI
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If the sierra club is voting I'll make sure to put the winner on the 'not to buy' list. Can't think of a group who has done more to destroy 'real world' efforts towards environmental conservation... Well, maybe the EPA.
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October 8th, 2009, 17:34
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Spring Lake, Michigan
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I already have a green Golf. I want the next one to be a different color. 
Seriously, though. This enviro-fanaticism is getting ridiculous.
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October 9th, 2009, 11:01
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Ft. Worth, TX., USA
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How can they have the golf and A3? Both have the exact same engine. Oh well it doubles the chances of a tdi winning.
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October 9th, 2009, 13:39
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: KC
Fuel Economy: low/mid 30s so far
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Originally Posted by mtbr297
How can they have the golf and A3? Both have the exact same engine. Oh well it doubles the chances of a tdi winning.
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Actually, it probably cuts the chances in half, since it will dilute TDI votes across two cars.
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October 9th, 2009, 14:26
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Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: North Florida
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Curious
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Originally Posted by rampage
If the sierra club is voting I'll make sure to put the winner on the 'not to buy' list. Can't think of a group who has done more to destroy 'real world' efforts towards environmental conservation... Well, maybe the EPA.
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What would be the basis for this thought, specifics?
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October 9th, 2009, 15:46
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Langley, WA
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Yawn.
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October 9th, 2009, 16:58
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Red Sox Nation
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They have diluted the TDI vote bu having two near identical vehicles. Chosen a Mercury that nobody buys rather than the Ford Fusion.
Seems to me this is rigged in favor of the Pious..Prius.
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October 11th, 2009, 00:16
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Grinnell IA (ex-San Diego)
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Originally Posted by Olbrenner
What would be the basis for this thought, specifics?
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The Sierra Club gives environmentalism a bad name -- it's just another branch of the CPUSA.
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October 11th, 2009, 06:12
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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My vote for the best "green" form of transportation: your feet 
But wait, the EPA wants to say that CO2 is a pollutant and walking increases CO2 production, so walking is polluting. 
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