Her parents brainwashed her years ago that a six is a minimum for safety purposes, e.g., trying to pull out into traffic in a hurry. There's no use in trying to explain otherwise, although if their four cylinder mill will make the car stand up on its hind legs, she would probably be satisfied.
Thanks, Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 8, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > 185HP ought to satisfy anybody. A TBI late '80s GM V8 only made 150ish. It'll > be all up high but the car should be geared to take advantage of it. Tell her > that F1 cars regularly spin their engines MUCH faster. > Explain that she's been brainwashed to want a v6... > > Or just don't buy a Mazda 6. :) > > -Curt > > From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 8:31 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Running Older vehicles > > She will ask specifically. I'll have to let her drive it, and if the > performance is equal or better, she would probably go for it. > > She thrashes cars, so I might have some concerns about its longevity under > such conditions. That being said, I pushed for the four banger when we > bought the car, mainly from a standpoint of economy. > > Thanks! > > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
