re. Re: putting a auto trans in a '91 20VTQA

[Taka Mizutani]

Do you say this because of the seats or is it more than that?

I've done 5-6 hour stints at 85-90 sustained with no problems in my old 200.

I loved the sport seats in my car- very supportive and firm, never made my
back
hurt, never had any numbness or anything. The car was relatively quiet (the
Stromung did not help- added a fair bit of noise but no droning with Gen III
or
beyond), the ride was nice, stable and controlled, tracked true (even with
the
wide 255s on it) and drove like a nice autobahn cruiser.

Our '04 V70R is quite similar, although the overall numbness in the steering
really doesn't help things. I pretty much always keep it in "sport," as
"comfort"
makes the suspension too wallowy. "Advanced" only seems to make the ride
rough without much benefit. The seats are very, very comfortable, although
the
bolsters are so soft that in hard cornering, they won't do much. If it were
the 6-speed
manual rather than the 5-speed auto, it would definitely be a long-term
keeper.

In a car with an automatic, I really think you'd be hard pressed to find a
better alternative
to the 850 turbo for a low price.

Taka


On 1/26/06, Brett Dikeman <quattro at frank.mercea.net> wrote:
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>
> [snip]
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> It's a car I could drive for hours; the 200q20v I can't manage more
> than about 4 continuous before I've got to take a break.  On
> virtually every front except drivetrain (ie, power/AWD/manual- manual
> was available though) and interior "sense of luxury", it's an
> infinitely superior car to my 200q20v.
>