Re: 0-60 What??

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

JShadzi@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 12/13/99 11:44:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> coolian@thecia.net writes:
> << 
>  >Well if 0-60 is how you judge performance than I think you might have bought
>  >the wrong car.  Stoplight racers Audi's are not.  If you look at total
>  >performance you might find the numbers a little differant.
>  
>  Well, you could really rice up a 4.2 and get the numbers down, but have 
>  this guy  looked at the car for god's sake?  The thing is beautiful...
>   >>
> 
>     Ok, lets face it, you pay $60k for one of Audi's flag ship models with 
> 310 hp, it is not unreasonable to want to be able to out accelerate a Toyota 
> Corolla.  I have a feeling that the drivers did not extract the most out of 
> the 0-60 time in that test...8 seconds seems really slow for that car.  The 
> A6TT does it in about 5.9, and I have read that the 4.2 is a little behind 
> that.

The car in question is not the A8 4.2, but the 93-94 V8 4.2.
Today's US-spec A8 4.2 with Tiptronic can go 0-60 in about 6.5
in stock form.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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