Re: Flag Protocol

[Stilian Elenkov <elenkovs@vtls.com>]

> Look, there is a guy that has an M3 4door at just about every Quattro Club
> Event here. 

Which M3, E30, E36?. I guess it is the E36 with 4 doors and the US
model, since  the euro never got here.

 He sets the FTD for the rest of the really tweaked quattros to
> meet.  Then he bolts his street tires on, plugs in his cd, and drives home to
> work, warrantee intact.

I think you need to reread the BMW warrantee statement

>  He's already drinking his beers at the hotel before
> Anderson is done loading his Urq on the trailer.
>

Maybe he is just a better driver.
 
> Me and my watch, we just don't understand your posts, Phil.  Can a  > quattro
> outhandle a bimmer?  Sure.

Is the 97 BMW complaint for banning quattro good enough example for you.
 
>  A few anecdotes are no antidote for good solid
> chassis dynamics.

You keep saying that but offer no comparison between Audi and BMW,
suspension, brakes, etc. Quattros have their shortcomings, but they also
have their benefits, and you know that races do not stop when it rains,
and I really want to see your BMW better "everything" taking a tight
turn in the wet.

BMW does have better chassis dynamics, in general, but not that much
better than the UrQ or the A4. How do you explain the A4 domination of
the BTCC 96 - 97 with less power and "worse" chassis dynamics.
 
> Scott

Also how do you know that BMWs are so much better. Do you have one?
Have you driven them for a while? I had a 83 323i euro for 5years while
I lived in Europe), my dad still has his 92 535is Alpina (M5 wanna be),
and I have 84 735i euro 5sp here in the US. I have many friends that
have BMWs and race them and have driven many E30 M3s (tweaked - two with
the M5 engine transplant - 300hp), E36 M3s, and E28 M5s and while they
are very good and capable cars, they are not that much better, if at all
than similar Audi cars. The A4Q has much better suspension layout than
any US BMW today. The A4Q has about the same if not better chassis
dynamics than any comparable US BMW. It is just a little underpowered,
but nothing that a chip and some minor tweaks can't fix.  
I do not where you get your BMW superiority statements, but until you
prove that you have driven them a lot and own some you really cannot
compare them to Audi cars the way you do.


Stilian