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Old 08-05-2008, 12:53 PM   #68
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I may be wrong but I thought most european engines we're "higher reving" (producing HP in the higher RPM bands) my 4th gen A4 cruses at 65 mph at about 1500rpm
I haven't heard that about European engines...definitely true of Japanese, though, especially Honda. There's no reason my VW needs to buzz along at 3000 rpm, it's got more than enough torque for half that RPM. As I said, I usually am in high gear before 30mph.

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why not make the M6 version of AFM a MANUALLY CONTROLLED OPTION. [...] Who would be willing to operate it manually?
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