turbo failure- non audi

Huw Powell audi at mediaone.net
Sun Aug 12 21:29:16 EDT 2001


> in other, Audi-related news, I suprised yet another Mustang
> driver yesterday in my 200Q.  Those things may jump off the line
> pretty well, but they're gutless wonders above 40 mph.  The old 200
> stayed right along side, even though I hit the overboost cutout a
> couple of times.  It won't do that anymore, I finally replaced the
> collapsed hose on the wastegate today. it really must be depressing
> to spend all that money on a new muscle car that can't even outrun a
> 12 year old sedan with half the cubic inches.

Reading this after just spending some time at the riceboy page is
almost... eerie...

Ever stop to think that maybe he just took his foot off the gas?  And
wasn't even racing to start with?  Oops...

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/

http://www.humanthoughts.org/



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