[A4] new / used a4

[Rocky Mullin]

	it also depends highly on equipment and setup and tuning, even
torque factors in.if the heavier car has a ton of effort into suspension
and brakes and all that crap, it can keep up or beat it.

	on a dragstrip - the lighter one wins, sure.

At 1:19 AM +0000 7/8/06, docwyte at comcast.net wrote:
>Not yet, but my friend has a turbo one and I'm visiting him next week.
>
>You know better than that Rocky.  Put me in two cars with identical 
>power to weight ratios, but one weighs 3000lbs vs 4000lbs and I can 
>guarantee you I'll be at least 5 seconds faster on track (given fast 
>lap of 1:45 or so) in the lighter car.  You just can't get around 
>the mass and transitions are going to be sloppier, brakes will fade 
>quicker, etc, etc.
>
>
>-------------- Original message --------------
>From: Rocky Mullin <caliban at sharon.net>
>
>>
>>  can't agree. ever drive a cayenne?
>>
>>  At 10:37 PM +0000 7/7/06, docwyte at comcast.net wrote:
>>  >Sure I do. The S6 avant is too heavy to handle well, as is any car
>>  >that weighs 2 tons.
>>  >
>>  >-------------- Original message --------------
>>  >From: Brian J White
>>  >
>>  >> At 14:02 2006-07-07, docwyte at comcast.net wrote:
>>  >> >Yes, you do pay to play. However, I feel this is a poor choice to
>>  >> >pay. The car is too heavy to handle well, r
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >> BTW, curb weight of the S6 Avant: 4024. Curb weight of the Allroad
>>  >> 2.7T 6-speed: 4167. Not that much difference. Certainly not
>>  &g t;> enough to label one a pig (too heavy to handle well) over the
>>  >> other. And I bet you wouldn't consider the S6 Avant a poor handling car.
>>  >>
>>  >>
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