"marshknute" (marshknute)
07/04/2014 at 15:43 • Filed to: None
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"marshknute" (marshknute)
07/04/2014 at 15:43 • Filed to: None | 1
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I know that, in theory, adding weight reduces your power-to-weight ratio, but I never really experienced it firsthand until now. Last night, I drove my sister and her 4 friends (one girl, three guys) to a party. I used my 07' Audi A4 2.0T Quattro (two people in the passenger seat, three in the back). Not including me, that's about 800 lbs of weight for the little 2.0 liter engine to carry. I live in a hilly part of New England, and I really felt the Audi struggling to pull itself up some of the steeper inclines. I had to keep the revs around 3000 to get any appreciable acceleration, which was unnerving since I typically drive around in a high gear at less than 2000 rpm, and upshift before 3000 rpm.
After this experience, I have much more appreciation for !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Their "fully loaded" 0-60 tests give a valuable real-world idea of performance by stuffing a generously proportioned person in each seat and recording how long it takes to haul that weight to 60 mph. Similarly, they are stationed in Denver, and repeatedly demonstrate just how much altitude compromises an engine's performance.
Rico
> marshknute
07/04/2014 at 15:51 |
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Yeah it usually catches people off guard how much the weight makes a difference. Not trying to be rude by why are you putting 2 people in a passenger seat? That's pretty much as unsafe as it gets since there's no seatbelt use.
Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> marshknute
07/04/2014 at 15:52 |
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Their stationed In DENVER?
thebigbossyboss
> Rico
07/04/2014 at 15:56 |
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Because this way he doesn't have to go back. What other reason could their be?
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marshknute
> Rico
07/04/2014 at 15:56 |
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There were 6 people including me, and 5 seats. The passenger seat seemed a safer alternative to stuffing someone in the trunk with the folding pong table. My sister and the other girl were small enough to fit together in the front passenger seat, and the three guys were big enough to completely fill the rear three seats.
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Rico
> marshknute
07/04/2014 at 15:59 |
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I think the safer alternative was the biggest person goes in the passenger seat with a seatbelt on and have the 2 girls sit on each other's laps. That's what I've done in a crunch before.
Racescort666
> marshknute
07/04/2014 at 15:59 |
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People used to think I was crazy but every Autocross I go to I ask to have a passenger. It makes a noticeable difference in the handling.
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marshknute
> Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/04/2014 at 16:00 |
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Yep. They always remind viewers that their 0-60 times are slow because they were conducted a mile above sea level. They love reviewing forced induction engines because they don't suffer as much from the altitude.
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Rico
> thebigbossyboss
07/04/2014 at 16:01 |
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My alternative would be the biggest person in the front and the 2 girls sit on each other's laps. If they aren't cool with it then there's no more space, I'm not going to stick people mad people in the front, this ain't the 70s.
Tareim - V8 powered
> marshknute
07/04/2014 at 16:30 |
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upshifting before 3krpm in a petrol? bro do you even rev?
The man in the iron mask
> marshknute
07/04/2014 at 16:33 |
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I know, it happened to mee all the time in my lame and ugly seat ibiza. Not anymore no, in my Mustang, that sucker can pull anything. I might as well put a towing(thing) and tow a car on a trailer.
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marshknute
> Tareim - V8 powered
07/04/2014 at 21:08 |
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If I'm driving spiritedly, I will rev. For everyday driving, I see no need to do so. Also, my previous car was an E46 330xi that barely managed 20 mpg, so I find it fun beating that number in my more efficient A4.
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thebigbossyboss
> Rico
07/04/2014 at 23:06 |
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Also acceptable.
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Rico
> thebigbossyboss
07/04/2014 at 23:57 |
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Here's how I look at it, if some drunk asshole or douchbag dudebro rear ends me at a high speed one of the passengers is going through that windshield and their parents will never forgive me.
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Tareim - V8 powered
> marshknute
07/05/2014 at 05:04 |
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I'm always driving spiritedly, fuel costs? meh who cares