Re: Hmmm ... Maybe there are advantages to US cars

[Phil@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <9501031727.AA03356@newkla.kla.com> Steven Buchholz writes:

> Well Phil ... it is interesting to hear that carbureted cars are still 
> being sold in the UK.  Do they have catalytic converters and does the 
> carb have feedback mechanisms to control emissions?

No.  Cats aren't common here.  I would guess that fewer than 5% of new sales in 
the UK have cats fitted - that particular vogue came and went. Just too much 
trouble.  They're more common in Germany.  Where they are fitted, of course, so 
is FI.  Public enemy #1 over here was lead emission - I think the US decided 
that nitrous oxides were the bad guys and removed lead to enable catalytic 
converters?  Whatever.  It looks like lead-free petrol might be on the way out 
now, too - higher benzene levels are being blamed for increased childhood 
leukemia in cities.  My ur-quattro still runs on The Real Thing - ROZ 98 leaded!

> The thing that turned me on to Audis was a 1978 Audi Fox GTI.

What would I call that?

Phil Payne
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