AWD dont do well at the dragstrip ??????????????

[Huw Powell]

> THIS ONE I LOVE - (Listen, there may be a horsepower war out there, but
> Audi's last priority should be trying to show up Hondas at a local drag
> strip, should it?? )
> 
> You want to know what those Honda's were running - 15s, 16s, and 17s. Those
> Audis are 40 thousand dollar cars they should be kicking ass. 

[major meaningless snipped]

my, this *is* getting boring.  You want a drag racer, get some big old
RWD iron with a 426 hemi V8 and have some fun.  And not on the street,
either...

Audi strengths, and probably why most of us own them, are not simply
getting 1320 feet behind you as fast as possible from a standing start. 
They are a balance of sure, steady power, nimble grace, effortlessly
informative handling.  Remember the Coupe GT with the incredible skid
pad numbers?  Not much that would show up in a "rev it, dump it, end it"
race.  But you know, around here where I live, some of the roads have
corners...

A drag race is one of the least meaningful exercises in streetable car
competition, unless, I suppose, you live in a town that has only one
road, right down the middle, with all the girls and women lined up to
watch the lights change and the boys peel out...

-- 
Huw Powell

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

http://www.humanthoughts.org/