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Originally Posted by toryglen-boy
Its a nice car, but i have never understood the fixation here with such huge engines. i am sure its nippy and fast etc. but apparently the carbon footprint created in Australia per capita, is the highest in the world.
My friends engine blew up last week, and he was really upset "whats wrong?" i asked him, knowing what was wrong, and giving him an opportunity to talka bout it, he replied "you know what this means? this means i have have to drive a four cylinder"
needs to say, i was disgusted.
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Yea, I would only drive a 4cyl if it was being fed at least 18psi through a rather large turbo, with oversize fuel injectors pumping out probably twice the carbon emissions of a well tuned 8 cylinder..
Whats the fixation of a big motor... well.. up the high way, at 100km/h my V8 sits at around 1750 rpm.. Would this not be equally good/bad for the environment as say, my old 180SX that sat at 3300rpm at 100km/h??
Fixation on big engines.. Its the sound, the feel of the motor making steady power... Its briliant... There is no replacement for cubic displacement.. Nuff said.