[s-cars] Altitude and Horsepower

[Paul Friedenberg]

Speaking of moving to Colorado...

The worthless rambling of the day...


Having lived in both Albuquerque, NM and Ft. Collins, CO my whole life (both
at a mile high or so), I was in Seattle over the weekend visiting the folks
who recently moved up there. I have always noticed that my rentals seemed
awful quick at sea level (I love a nice burnout in a Taurus), but had
nothing to compare them to. Well, my dad has a '98 A6 2.8q, which at
altitude seems rather weak. At sea level, I was able to nearly get myself
arrested racing a new 350Z from Seattle to Tacoma. (I think the guy in the Z
actually did) The 2.8 really feels like a 2.7t does at a mile high.
Impressive. (and those new Zs must be underrated) My mother has a '97 E420,
and I was couldn't stop smiling as it was WAY too easy to break the tires
loose. The traction control was working overtime at sea level, while here,
it would only go on in the dirt. Turn it off, and enjoy some throttle
steering (every Quattro owner's dream)

The moral of my story? While a turbo does not loose quite as much power at
altitude, I have decided that I will have to buy a new M5 and move to the
west coast!  :)  (sorry Paul K. and Pizzo, no east coast for me)

Paul "dreaming of more oxygen in Albuquerque" Friedenberg
'95 S6 (still not functioning)


>From: Joseph Pizzimenti <pizzoman at yahoo.com>
>To: Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net>
>CC: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] dial up, DSL, and AS
>Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:51:49 -0800 (PST)
>
>Bruce,
>The drive starts from the kensico dam in valhalla, NY
>on saturday at approximately 2 pm right off the bronx
>river.  We will meet up there at 12, hang out for a
>while and then romp around some AWESOME backroads for
>a few hours until someone (a) crashes, (b) gets
>arrested or (c)decides to move to Colorado.  :-)  We
>will conclude at FDR park in Yorktown, NY, right off
>of the taconic parkway.
>
>If anyone needs directions, feel free to e-mail or
>call me at work
>
>(914) 939-6688
>--- Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Hi Joe.
> >
> > Is the S-car drive this weekend on Sat or Sun? Where
> > is it going to start
> > from?
> >
> > I have to be in CT on Sunday night, so might work
> > out well if it's on
> > Sunday.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Bruce
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joseph Pizzimenti" <pizzoman at yahoo.com>
> > To: <t44tq at mindspring.com>; "'Paul Krasusky'"
> > <KrasuskyP at FirstInterBank.com>; "'s-car-list'"
> > <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:27 PM
> > Subject: RE: [s-cars] dial up, DSL, and AS
> >
> >
> > > Taka-
> > > Do you have the lowly 1.0 hp model?  We have the
> > 4.0
> > > here at work.  God, that thing sucks harder than
> > most
> > > listers' daughters!
> > >
> > > Joe, getting you bastards back in NY, Pizzo
> > > --- t44tq at mindspring.com wrote:
> > > > Paul-
> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > I'm still trying to figure out how to Happersize
> > > > the power of Dad's Shop-Vac so it will pick up
> > nails
> > > > and stuff w/o problems.
> > > >
> > > > Taka
> > > >
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