Naturally Aspirated
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Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:50 pm
Cars: Both Escorts rusted away. Nowadays driving a 1995 Volvo 850 T5 and trying to get rid of a 2.2L Opel Astra
Sat Jun 13, 2015 3:51 am
Re: Sleepers
My dad wanted to test drive the T5. He was driving in a normal middle-aged man's way and commented that "this doesn't seem to have THAT much power" 
Of course fifth gear at 80 km/h on that thing will feel like an ordinary car. So I told him to stop, put it in first and then accelerate using all the rev range properly. The smile on my dad's face was quite wide when the huffing and puffing started under the hood. Clearly he, too, had no prior first hand experience with turbos (other than turbo diesel vans)
Of course fifth gear at 80 km/h on that thing will feel like an ordinary car. So I told him to stop, put it in first and then accelerate using all the rev range properly. The smile on my dad's face was quite wide when the huffing and puffing started under the hood. Clearly he, too, had no prior first hand experience with turbos (other than turbo diesel vans) 
