Re: High RPMs at highway speed?

[Zsolt Kovacs <zsolt@telusplanet.net>]

I have a german friend who says in the "old days" 10-15 years ago his dad only drove his cars
flooring them.
  Zsolt

Phil Payne wrote:

> 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