[A4] new / used a4

[docwyte at comcast.net]

Stock to stock, from the factory is the way this is being based.  Even with unlimited resources, you can't beat physics and that mass will always be there...

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From: Rocky Mullin <caliban at sharon.net> 

> 
> 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 
> > 
> >> 
> >> 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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