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Old 09-23-2008, 10:39 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe View Post
^Yeah, I don't know how the current V8 is so god damn thirsty (compared to other similarly sized V8s)
Gearing...I really wish Audi would take a lesson from the Americans and put a tall a$$ 6th gear so it actually could get decent gas mileage. Zee Germans have someting to lern!!
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Old 09-25-2008, 01:13 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by RC45 View Post
When are the ricer LED tail lights going to be out of style?

And the LED headlights are as whored-out as Altezza lights already.
what do you mean theyre whored out? who else uses led headlights?
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Old 09-25-2008, 01:43 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by nthfinity View Post
Supercharged FSI engine, confusingly named TFSI despite it not being turbo. (Audi explains that T no longer stands for turbo any more...)

HaHA, German FTL. Just when you have a firm handle on all the abbreviation and technical wizardry names, they decide that a previous moniker no longer applies.
"mechanical turbocharging" according to Audi. You can read more here;

http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en2/abo..._S4_Avant.html
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Old 09-25-2008, 03:10 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Ghostbat View Post
"mechanical turbocharging" according to Audi. You can read more here;

http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en2/abo..._S4_Avant.html
Audi calling a car a Kompressor just woudn't sit right in Stutgart, would it
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Old 09-25-2008, 04:04 PM   #20
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LOL....freaking Germans...why can't they call a dog a dog
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Old 09-25-2008, 05:11 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Ghostbat View Post
"mechanical turbocharging" according to Audi. You can read more here;

http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en2/abo..._S4_Avant.html
So a turbo is just a "expelled gas supercharger"?
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