Stupid things non petrolheads say....

Stupid things non petrolheads say....

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neil-935ql

1,079 posts

105 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Rawwr said:
Turbo diesels are the premature ejaculation in the world of power delivery. You get all excited, there's a pleasant spurt and then you need to wait a while until you can attempt it again.
You have nailed it, ha very good !

Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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DS197 said:
Rawwr said:
Turbo diesels are the premature ejaculation in the world of power delivery. You get all excited, there's a pleasant spurt and then you need to wait a while until you can attempt it again.
roflbeer
Have another!

beer

irocfan

40,155 posts

189 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Scuffers said:
blueg33 said:
jamieduff1981 said:
Diesels are great for overtaking.

Are they fk. They give you just enough confidence to commit then once alongside the overtakee it becomes painfully apparent that the engine has already shot its load and you're in that ponderous region where it's too limpwristed to rev much higher but it's not really time for a gearchange either.
take it you haven't driven a 3.0 Audi diesel? Especially the bi turbo
Which are dismaly slow compared to the petrol 3.0 Audi S4
also dismally slow compared to a 435d

Escort3500

11,829 posts

144 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Scuffers said:
DS197 said:
Rawwr said:
Turbo diesels are the premature ejaculation in the world of power delivery. You get all excited, there's a pleasant spurt and then you need to wait a while until you can attempt it again.
roflbeer
Have another!

beer
Can I join in spermspermsperm

ChemicalChaos

10,360 posts

159 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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irocfan said:
also dismally slow compared to a 435d
I've long-term driven both a 435d and 3.0tdi. As said, yes they are very quick with an instant slug of torque, but they are all out of ideas at 3500rpm and need another gear from their huge 8 speed boxes.
Conversley, my n/a V8 Range Rover pulls nicely in a linear fashion up to 5k rpm which makes accelerating hard through less, longer, gears much nicer than thudding through short ratios to keep on the torque curve. Ok, it's rather slower than the above but then that's down to its weight and shape.

Big Al.

68,798 posts

257 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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