2004 Audi A4 1.8T CABRIO

[NIck Miller]

I never understand the argument, myself.  If you want to go fast you're
going to rev high.  My car is very fast past 3krpm.  If you want to go slow
and get good mileage,  you keep revs low.  At 2krpm cruising, I get 30mpg
hwy at 70mph.

It is really a great setup imo,  just more involved to drive.  You can't be
a terrible driver and make the car go fast.  A vette will roast the tires
from idle, this car won't. If that's important to you,  go with a V8.   If
you like being able to reach things and work on your car,  a turbo miata is
way more mechanic friendly.

Just my two cents.  And I actually drive one formerly on a daily basis.
More than 250hp which must be a flywheel claim since its just not possible
with a stock turbo msm.
On Apr 5, 2011 12:54 PM, <TWFAUST at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/5/2011 1:40:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> quattro-request at audifans.com writes:
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Danton J.A. Cardoso
> <djacardoso at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Small block Ford V8?!?!?! How agricultural... why not a turbocharged
> stock
>> engine?
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> While "turbo lag" and "spool up" time have been reduced, there still isn't

> a lot of power "down low". By some increment, every additional system
> (turbo, supercharger, power steering) reduces reliability by increasing
> complexity. But, the simple fact is "Americans drive torque, not
horsepower".
>
> Tom Faust
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