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Foo2rama
··Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can.Diesels drive me mad. I am so used to high revving engines where the power goes on building until a little below the red line that a diesel always catches me out. My expectation goes all wrong when the grunt goes away long before it should.
Even worse is "speed limited" vehicles. A Hertz van had a "limited to 60mph" placard, fine, but it didn't say that it was done on engine speed not road speed. Overtaking in a low gear got the engine to cut out when I entirely did not expect. Nor appreciate it. Other rental companies had different approaches, wood blocks under the carpet to limit throttle travel was a standard for Avis UK, and a slack throttle cable for Willhire. Along with dangerously low tyre pressures (any of them).
Meh, my rant for tonight.
Edit: Nice to see that 904, the 904/6/8 series are my favourite Porsches and so rarely seen.
my car revs to 8k and doesn’t build power till 3,500. So I know what you mean.
the 535d.... 255hp at 4K and 412lbf at 1500.
O-60 in 5.6. It has a butter smooth 8speed auto. The car just moves fast, silently and utterly without drama. It’s the exact opposite of mine. It’s an interesting beast. Plus it gets 32mpg on average.
