Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:03:32 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: BMWs keep trying to smoke me!
in article MPG.18c00436517a62ee98a183nopsam.cis.dfn.de, MeatballTurbo at carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com wrote on 21/02/2003 09:39: > In article <3E52876B.F80004C2nopsamsizefitterzzzz.com>, > johsnopsamsizefitterzzzz.com says... >> Once 150 bhp for a hot >> hatch, but currently 200 bhp is the minimum yardstick. >> > > Thats why I said Quick rather than fast. > In our office car park, we have a Ferarri 550 Maranello, an Aston Martin > DB7 convertable, an Audi S3, a new BMW M3, a Porsche Boxster, a Saab > 9000 Aero (former F3000 pace car), a Merc AMG C36 and my Saab 900 T16. Whoa, your colleagues must've hated you when you had the Skoda :) > Most of them are Fast, the 9k is very fast, not being standard, the 550, > the M3 and the AMG are very Fast. I consider my 900 quick. Enough speed > to enjoy myself without it feeling like it is going to self destruct, > and when on boost, enough acceleration to scare myself in a nice way, > and when I don't want a scare, I keep it off boost, and save the tyres > and fuel. The 900 is a quick car and I never really considered the turbo lag to be of issue. I actually prefer to drive the turbo more sedately and thrash my 900i around. The quickness of the 900 allows the driver to make safe manoeuvres when he needs to. Paul