Audis at altitude (WAS: A6 Car of the Year)

[Bryan Kamerer <kamerer@concentric.net>]

At 09:27 AM 3/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
>HMMM let's see.  For another $15K you could just about get into a 540i
>6-speed.  I guess the A6 could be worth that much more if it had a 282hp
>V-8.  As it is, (in our Colorado high altitude)  it just looks good in
>everyone's rear view mirrors.  I'll take mine with the twin turbo, thank-you.
>
>Ralph Poplawsky
>'91 200Q (Was than a new A6? I dunno, the speck in the mirror is too small...)
>


        Can you or someone else comment on the performance differential of
Audi's (or other) cars at altitude?  I am curious.  So if I move to the
mountains, which I plan to do in 5 years or so, would this effect be
lessened with a turbo?  Let's say you live at 7,000 ft. and spend most of
your time between 5,000 and 9,000 ft.  Both are robbed of power, but one
more so than the other?  

        Sorry if this is a basic question, but I know nothing about turbos.
And what about supercharging, which is something I am contemplating as an
aftermarket add-on, fit into this performance equation?

        Bryan
        V8 5 spd.