Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 22:14:37 -0500 From: Gavin Haslett <thumper_svxnopsamo.com> Subject: Re: Warranty Issue...or Did I Get Hosed?
Actually, the turning radius on my 900 is REALLY tight... I can swing it around in spaces that only my poor old 1992 Subaru Loyale could turn in... and that's a REALLY small car. As far as performance... yes... at least comparable to a turbo Volvo. Plus I love the fact that my 900 goes up on-ramps like they're not even there and feels like it can accelerate forever. Basically I have yet to get it up to a speed where it felt like it was running out of breath. As far as quick reponse to throttle goes... well at highway speed it's VERY responsive. At standstill less so, but of course that's normal in a turbo. On the flip side of the coin, the turbo spool-up time doesn't seem too bad. As far as highway cruising... well I don't know what these people are talking about. I'm a 35-40K mile a year man with my job... and at least once a month I do a several-hour trip to the boondocks of Illinois. I can drive that car straight out of St. Louis and not stop... and still feel refreshed when I get there. A very good highway driver... but of course more fun on the twisties out in the boonies :) -- Gavin Haslett thumper_svxnopsamo.com http://home.earthlink.net/~hackrat "Ahhhh... Mountain Dew... nectar of the geeks!"