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Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 01:39:57 GMT
From: daytripper <day_tripprnospamVEyahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Cost of repair Audi BMW Saab...(crossposting)


On Mon, 10 May 2004 23:22:28 +0200, "JP Roberts" <1234nospamo.com> wrote: > >> For me, BMW are too common on the roads. They are not particularly fuel >> efficient (petrol), > >I think it is precisely BMW that produce the most efficient petrol engines >available, given similar power figures. Turbos could arguably be driven more >efficiently at low speeds, but then again, this is not so clear an argument >under normal driving conditions. And everyone knows a nice torquey >6-cylinder or bigger engine is always preferable to a turbo engine, because >of the inherent turbo lag and poor low-end performance. [snipped] If the above isn't the victim of a typo, I invite you to take a look at the torque vs rpm curves of biturbo 30v 2.7L audi engines and any straight-six NA bmw engine you care to examine. Clearly, you will be surprised... /daytripper '00 s4 6spd

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