Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:20:58 +0100 From: "Dori A Schmetterling" <ngnospamam.co.uk> Subject: Re: Cost of repair Audi BMW Saab...(crossposting)
Boys, boys, this has turned into a pissing competition... DAS -- For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "daytripper" <day_tripprnospamVEyahoo.com> wrote in message news:cjb0a053s1rfdvdovs5h280r7gicv3umq7nospamcom... > 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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