Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 13:06:53 -0800 From: "Dave M." <> Subject: torque & stuff
I'm sorry, but your car must be in need of a large tune up. Mine has torque from about 2000 and up... <<<<Eh, that was me. And, my point was clearly that LOW RPM torque was lacking. Of course the torque is decent at high RPM's, which is what you get dropping a gear or two. But I don't LIKE driving around at 5krpm.>>>> As a designer by edu-ma-cation and making a living designing, I must say that there are no such things as foolproof designs. No, really, people will find a way to mess up the most beautiful solution to a problem. As far as your cars' handling... If you car cannot kick the rear end out, then you have a HORRIBLE suspension set up. My rear end will slide whenever I want it to when driven near the limit. Obvously you need to tune your suspension as well. Car suspension engineers which make a living by tuning a car for the average driver are not stupid. Believe me, VW, Honduh, and whomever else you want to bring up dot no hire just anyone for jobs like this. Ever looked at the price of a 325ix? Fun, affordable, and sporty... Brand new Golf 4-motion... A bunch of older Audi Coupes... Golf Rallye... need I go on??? <<<<I still fail to see how FWD is such a foolproof design, that unskilled squids can save themselves when they screw up. I still don't like being unable to make the rear end move around while in a corner, or while exiting. It's just along for the ride and that's annoying. Maybe it's just me, but I greatly prefer having the rear wheels break loose in corners, not the fronts. Just my opinion... btw, I do think AWD is cool (and better than FWD or RWD) but there aren't many fun, affordable, sporty German cars with AWD. (Notice I tossed in "affordable" for you Porsche fans...:)>>>> - -Dave (2) '91 GLI _____________ 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
