Aero2001
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- Joined
- Dec 6, 2016
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- Philadelphia
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- Acura TSX, 2010, 6MT
I drove a Saab 9-5 Aero for eight years, and believe me, the midrange punch of a good turbo simply dominates the highway. It's not about a high redline, but about a really fat torque curve in the meat of the rpm range. My Saab's punch would taper off somewhere just above 5,000 rpm, but so what? Upshift, and keep riding the boost.Should be opposite at least the consumer turbo cars are terrible at highway speeds due to die off at high rpm. NA for highway and turbo for city
After that, it took me a long time to adjust to my TSX, and I've never been thrilled with its highway performance. It's good, but not even remotely close to the Saab. (Frankly, the Civic Si has better highway punch too.) But I do prefer the quick-revving NA motor with short gearing in the city. And it sounds better too.
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