RE: Comparing Units

[Ed Kellock <EKELLOCK@ecs-inc.com>]

Interesting info, thanks.  I just saw a new V70 wagon at lunch.  They've
been pushing them pretty hard around here.  I could lease one and save
$150 on my monthly payment for the 200qw.  Of course then there's that
whole credit approval process.  I'd rather have a root canal.  How do
you know if it's the AWD version?  All I saw was the rear and all it
said was "V70".

BTW, when I saw it I was riding with a couple of coworkers who are
familiar with my Audi affliction (read that: I've talked about my car
enough they all know I'm loony) and they commented "now _that's_ a
wagon... look how square it is!)  I took that as a compliment of course,
though I do think the V-wagons are pretty good looking too.  I passed a
Volvo Cross Country wagon on the interstate the other night.  Looked
pretty tippy to me.  He tagged along for a little while (about 85-90mph)
but alas, didn't want to play, I guess...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Linus Toy [SMTP:linust@mindspring.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 25, 1998 12:48 PM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net; sargent@novagate.com
> Subject:	Re:  Comparing Units
> 
> From: Sargent Schutt <sargent@novagate.com>
> SNIP
> >'niche'. Name one other production car that is relatively unaffected
> by
> >altitude (turbo) and road conditions (all-wheel drive), and available
> in
> >coupe, sedan, or wagon variants to suit your particular needs. Audi
> is it.
> >Volvo is pandering around the outskirts of this 'arena', but doesn't
> yet 
> >make a car that challenges Audi in performance with awd (the current 
> >wagon is only a light pressure turbo, and is the first ovloV awd
> offering). 
> 
> i've been trying so hard to avoid this one, but...
> 
> Volvo's AWD wagon (the V70) is available with both the LPT (V70 AWD)
> and
> the much heftier T-5 (V70 AWD R) version.  (IOW, you get a real choice
> in
> engines.)  Unfortunately, V70 AWD with either engine get only the 4sp
> auto
> (Win some, lose some--the V70 T-5 --front driver--is available with a
> 5sp).
>  oh well--don't blink, you might miss the shift:  the LPT goes 0-60 in
> 8.1sec, the T-5 about a second faster.  
> 
> Before you completely dismiss these numbers, this is for stock
> engines: 
> LPT:  2.4 liter, 190hp @ 5200rpm, 199 lb ft @ 1800rpm
> T-5:  2.3 liter, 236hp @ 5700rpm, 243 lb ft @ 2700rpm
> and since these engines are Motronic controlled, a simple chip change
> makes
> for great entertainment :)  Someone on the T-bricks list noted that
> there
> is no intercooler on the engine (why bother at low pressure?), so a
> much
> shorter intake tract (much less lag)--i guess you brake-torque the T-5
> to
> get the same thing :)
> --ldt
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