I have always said 'i dont like livin in the US' and people would say 'then go somewhere else', but the thing is, i would take Germany over the US any day. Everyone says the US makes such great stuff, and it's such a great country. Those are the same people who buy shitty American cars.
Just my 2 cents. :D --- [email protected] wrote: > Welcome to the United States, the home of wreched > excess. For more > information, see "Big Screen TV", "Ford Excursion", > etc. > > -Dave > '91 GLI 16V > > > In a message dated 1/25/00 4:12:48 AM Eastern > Standard Time, [email protected] > writes: > > > For many years I've wondered why the US must > produce heavy cars with big > > engines to carry a couple of people while the > Europeans do it with less > than > > half of each. Ironically, the US is endorsing > stricter emissions. On this > > side of the Atlantic most BMW 7-series are 728's > and 5-series are 520's > > while they send you the 740's and 540's putting > out twice the emission and > > MPG; and it's the US with the strict 90kph speed > limit. You only need that > > much torque to move the car and a 2L moves the > BMW decently and up to > > 200+kph. The 4L you get is overkill. To the guy > claiming the Golf hasn't > > decent torque: go down a gear or get an auto box > to do it for you. Ferrari > > produced a V8 2.0L 328 in the eighties for their > local market with twin > > turbo's producing as much power as the big > engined model. Mercedes has a 2L > > and a 2.3L Kompressor engine producing identical > torque & power output to > > the 2.8L NA with less emissions and better MPG. > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in > the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > ===== ================================================ Brandt D.---> http://www.geocities.com/brandt_82 1987 GTI 16v (dead) 1989 GTI 16v ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
