Re: High RPMs at highway speed?

[Tomas Leveckis <tomas.leveckis@analog.com>]

maybe Audi feels people with automatics don't deserve to go faster.


PlyBoyDoct@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/7/99 4:45:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> sefisher@cisco.com writes:
>
> > Why is the Alfa motor built like this?  Because it was legal, when the
> >  engine was designed, to travel at unlimited speeds on the Italian
> >  autostrada, but gasoline cost $5.00 a gallon and there were progressive
> >  taxes on engine displacement.  Little engines don't use much gas, but
> >  they also don't produce much power unless you rev the hell out of 'em,
> >  so you end up with a small, low-tax, fuel-efficient engine that, if you
> >  rev the hell out of it, acts like a race motor.  Of course, it's also
> >  because the Italians are all crazy, which may also have some bearing on
> >  why I own two Italian cars (and one drawn by an Italian).
>
> I own a 89 200 FWD slushbox, and the car is able to get to about 120-125mph.
> This is @ redline.  How do these cars keep up on the Autobahn?  Don't they
> have automactics in Germany?  I have heard people cruising at 160 all day
> long.  Does the 200 with slush just sit there on the right lane or is the
> gear ratio different for Autos in Germany?
>
> Jason C
> 89 200t10v
> Redmond WA