Re: Coupla threads... (and other Autobahn questions...)

[Jeremy R King <kingjer@eng.auburn.edu>]

I'm not in Germany, but my older brother is an Electrical Engineer at the 
new plant in South Carolina, USA.  BMW sent him to Germany for a month of 
training and gave him a 316i.  I'm pretty sure he had the full-sized 
body. I don't know if the car had two or four doors, though.  He said 
he drove the Autobahn bouncing of the rev limiter at 200kph - he has 
pictures of the speedo, so he's not bluffin'.

Jeremy R. King
1986 VW Quantum GL5
Audi at Heart

On Sat, 2 Dec 1995 Nivi@aol.com wrote:

> Just wanted to see if anyone has recently been/or is currently is in Germany
> and have you ever rented or driven the German version of the 3 series (new)
> four dour with the 1.6 liter engine? I am considering renting one in two
> weeks, and am wondering how much of a *TOP* speed advantage it would have
> over a A3 VW Golf.
> 
> I priced out an Audi A4 for a rental, but it was twice as expensive to rent!
> (Although I may end up with an A4 if the company carries any)
> 
> I have driven the A3 Golf (which goes up to approximately 160kmp/h) and the
> A2 (which had gone up to 180kmp/h, and in some cases, up to 220kmp/h) in past
> rentals on the autobahn.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Dorab (Nivi@aol.com)
> 1990 Coupe Quattro, 65Kmi, cruising along!
> 1986 Chevy Caprice, 300K+mi, Back online! (after having the 4-bolt tranny
> lock up on me, and totalling the tranny - bolts made a nice spiral pattern in
> the flywheel?-or whatever they were attached to. Now have new tranny under
> warranty! But almost wiped the car (and possibly myself) when it went on
> me...)
>