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Old 06-01-2008, 02:00 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by TFord View Post
this my friend gets quote of the day! For me its gotta have torque, just dosent feel like a real car without it. my buddy has some CLR??? AMG coupe I never even felt the thing shift. Its fast but not fun. those cars tend to be in the upper rpm levels, so wouldent that hurt gas mileage??? (not a import car guy) I know I can cruse at 65 mph and be at less than 2K rpm.
It would hurt gas mileage because you have to accelerate harder to get the car moving.
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