Re: Reviewing the reviewers...

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Matt & Jenai wrote:

> I'll bite...which would you rather have.  Knowing what you do to your cars
> leads me to put my money on the 540i.  Could be wrong.  Along these compare

You guessed correctly.   For the money, the 540i 6-sp has more enthusiast 
content.   The 6-sp goes a looong way for me.   I don't like autoboxes 
much even if they do have a tiptronic.   I thought the A8 was tremendous 
in bad weather conditions, but then I would expect that.

> and contrast lines, I would be interested to know your thoughts on the
> T-Bird SC compared to a type 44.  This car has caught my eye as of late.

The T-bird SC is a great car.   Its very unlike any american car except 
in its low end torque.   It has a very sophisticated double a-arm 
suspension all around which is vastly superior to anything Audi had up 
until the A8.   The chassis is fairly stiff also.   The only con is its 
weight.   Even so, my SC is pretty fast.   It has a smaller pulley on the 
supercharger, and a 3.73 gear in the rear end.   I think it will turn low 
14s and maybe even high 13s.   It has also been lowered a couple inches, 
and sports 16x7.5 and 16x8.5 ACT wheels with 246/50 and 255/50 tires.   
It handles very well.   It also has quite a bit if rear sedat room.   we 
use it as our family car with three kids in the back.   They fit as well 
as in the 5KCSTQ, although it is a _little_ bit more difficult to get 
them buckled in.

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