Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 17:25:50 -0500 From: Riff <turbospgnopsamsouth.net> Subject: Re: Saabs are little bitch cars (BS)
The 9000 2.3L turbo is a big car to be swinging around the track! against a 3 series!!! but your Turbo has gobs more torque than most all 3 series ever made!! Mark Jan Soderberg wrote: > > ---- > I saw one TV commercial with a BMW without their traction > >controll sliding its way around a slushy course and barely > >managing to hold on while being followed by an identical car > >with the electronic traction control looking like it was ready > >to jump on the trunk of the lead car and eat it for lunch. Front > >or rear drive, computers will make us all better drivers. > > There is always a limitation in the extent a computer can save you. Systems > like the one BMW (or M-B) uses prevents you from building up potentially > dangerous speed/yaw rate situation, but if you suddenly run into a situation > like that, like an ice-spot or a snow-string the computerized control system > woun't be able to help you. > > - Then you'd be lucky to drive a Saab! (or any other FWD or AWD car for that > matter) > > BTW I'we once raced against a tuned BMW 325 on a track, using a standard 2.3 > T Saab. > Had some problems in getting the power to the ground in sharp bends (burnt a > lot of rubber) , where I lost distance to the BMW, but the situation was the > opposite on the straights! Overall the Saab was the fastest. > (I still don't judge my Saab as a performance car in the regular sense, but > for everyday use, and especially in situations like passing a long truck in > a snow storm, there is not much competition) > > / Jan Soderberg > (... BMW 520, BMW 520 Wagon, Saab 9000 CS 2.3 T)
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