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Vw diesel ad from 1981
by
funkaholik
on 06 Sep, 2008 21:37
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Thought you all might enjoy this ad I found in the January 1982 Superbowl 16 program.
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#1
by
burn_your_money
on 06 Sep, 2008 22:30
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Wow very honest
"actual highway mileage will probably be less"
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#2
by
madmedix
on 07 Sep, 2008 08:33
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That whole ad seethes with common sense. Throw that on an ad agent's desk today and they'd all drop to the floor from seizures
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#3
by
Op-Ivy
on 07 Sep, 2008 11:58
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That whole ad seethes with common sense. Throw that on an ad agent's desk today and they'd all drop to the floor from seizures 
Haha! Well put.
The ad is different than the ones we see today eh?
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#4
by
Turbinepowered
on 08 Sep, 2008 02:58
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That whole ad seethes with common sense. Throw that on an ad agent's desk today and they'd all drop to the floor from seizures 
Haha! Well put.
The ad is different than the ones we see today eh?
Totally. Not once do they throw a massive horsepower number in your face.
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#5
by
burn_your_money
on 08 Sep, 2008 04:54
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Totally. Not once do they throw a massive horsepower number in your face.
:lol: Probably because the rabbit never had any massive horsepower to speak of
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#6
by
Turbinepowered
on 08 Sep, 2008 05:24
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Totally. Not once do they throw a massive horsepower number in your face.
:lol: Probably because the rabbit never had any massive horsepower to speak of
Oh come now, be serious. Who could possibly resist the 1.5 diesel Rabbit and it's
Forty Eight FIREBREATHING HORSE-POWER!?[/b]
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#7
by
jtanguay
on 08 Sep, 2008 10:22
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#8
by
jimfoo
on 08 Sep, 2008 11:09
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Hey, it would blow the doors off my friends Datsun Diesel pickup from the same period, plus start faster as well.
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#9
by
jtanguay
on 08 Sep, 2008 11:25
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i bet if Giles was around doing his pump mods back then, maybe diesel would have had a better rep???
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#10
by
zukgod1
on 08 Sep, 2008 12:06
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i bet if Giles was around doing his pump mods back then, maybe diesel would have had a better rep??? 
I'll bet!
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#11
by
Turbinepowered
on 08 Sep, 2008 14:17
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Totally. Not once do they throw a massive horsepower number in your face.
:lol: Probably because the rabbit never had any massive horsepower to speak of
Oh come now, be serious. Who could possibly resist the 1.5 diesel Rabbit and it's Forty Eight FIREBREATHING HORSE-POWER!?[/b]

at the crank :wink:
At sea level. :lol:
[edit] Massively nested quoting for the win!
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#12
by
funkaholik
on 10 Sep, 2008 21:51
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Hey, it would blow the doors off my friends Datsun Diesel pickup from the same period, plus start faster as well.
Funny that you should mention that. In the same magazine was a Datsun diesel truck ad. Here it is:
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#13
by
Kudagra
on 13 Sep, 2008 22:28
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^^^^
ID really like to have one of those...
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#14
by
shegel
on 14 Sep, 2008 20:17
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anyone notice that that ad also said that highway milage will probably be less too