RE: High RPMs at highway speed?

["Clough, Samuel" <SClough@irps.atl.invesco.com>]

Out of curiosity, how long do the cars/motors last?

Samuel W. Clough
INVESCO Retirement Plan Services


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk [SMTP:quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk]
> Sent:	Monday, June 07, 1999 9:48 AM
> To:	SClough@irps.atl.invesco.com
> Cc:	quattro@audifans.com
> Subject:	Re: High RPMs at highway speed?
> 
> In message <9CD7C73E9E16D21189D700805FE69FEA018613CA@IRPSATLEXCH1>
> "Clough, Samuel" writes:
> 
> > Ok, so I've always wondered this, but I've never asked anybody and I
> figured
> > it was time to submit my question to the infinite wisdom of the list.
> Why
> > do our cars run such high RPMs on the Interstate?  In the A6 at 80mph
> it's
> > turning 3,600.  Should you cruise around 90 (of course totally
> theoretical)
> > the RPMs are just about on 4,000.
> 
> Many Germans cruise at redline whenever they can.
> 
> --
>  Phil Payne
>  UK Audi quattro Owners Club