Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:29:45 GMT From: Bob <uctraingNOSPAMnospamanet.com> Subject: Re: Thinking of buying a 900 Auto any thoughts?
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:52:50 GMT, "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> wrote: >It's not so much lack of torque that I've noticed when driving a >turbo/automatic car but the lag, every turbo has some lag, and automatic >transmissions tend to have lag as well when starting from a stop, so when >you combine the two you get double the lag. Yes, exactly my point. Until the turbo spins up, you have a tiny two liter motor that is designed to use boost to get any real power trying to move a 3500lb car. You go real slow. One the RPM's climb a bit the lag will be gone and the power is there. Then you go like a bat. Don't hit anything :-) With a standard, I can simply rev it up to get past the lag and off I go. With an automatic, you don't have the luxury. Personally I would not buy a turbo-4 with an automatic. You need a motor with some serious "off the line" power reserves. That ain't a Saab 4 in "pre boost" mode.