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      07-18-2006, 09:15 AM   #65
Tony
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Originally Posted by stressdoc
More to the point from Edmunds (I find this semantics of turbo lag discussion obtuse):

"Equally surprising is that there is no audible indication of turbocharging, either — the characteristic intake whoosh and turbo whine are completely absent, and there's no bypass valve chuffle, either. The only clue that there's something else going on other than normal aspiration is a slightly bassier exhaust note."

Nice job, little bro'!

+ 1. For some reason the turbos haters will not acknowledge this or choose to ignore a true driving impression. People should realize that there is more than one way to skin a cat. I can't believe that folks are trying to discredit the Turbo engine's response and flexibility. I guess that they are smarter than BMW’s engineers.
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