another quattro goes down in its element

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <34edd83b.2462393@post3.tele.dk> allan.olesen@post3.tele.dk (Olesen, Allan) writes:

> On Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:40:11 GMT, Phil Payne wrote:
> 
> >Unless you were going down a steep hill ...
> 
> If it was steep enough, the car could run 170 MPH without overrevving
> the engine ...

Koeln/Bonn --> Wiesbadener Kreuz.  All of a sudden you get a view of a huge 
"Tal" (German word for 'vale' in English).  _NOT_ the Elzer Berg - that's 
expensive.
 
If you're flat out and screaming in fourth (top speed in a Passat CL5 on the 
flat) you can get an extra 10kph (to around 220) into the valley by changing up 
to fifth.  That's about 137.5mph, for US Passat drivers.  Indicated.

BTDT.  Every Friday for a year.  Wore a recess in the tachometer at 6250rpm.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club