Here's what I saw today, mark 3 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

V8 Interceptor

colm_mcm wrote: »

Think they relate to acceleration rather than engine power.

30 TFSI. What does that mean?

30 seconds to 100 (160)?

el diablo

Avatar MIA wrote: »

In a thread of pics I was kinda hoping...ah, never mind.

Nice cars though.

Political correctness gone mad. Can't say anything these days for fear of offending someone.

SBPhoto

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

30 TFSI. What does that mean?

30 seconds to 100 (160)?

40 is a 2litre and 50 is the 3litre so i say 30 is the 1litre. its the engine size

colm_mcm

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

30 TFSI. What does that mean?

30 seconds to 100 (160)?

Apparently this

Audi has introduced "Dynamic Badging" a terms that categorises cars by the actual performance on tap rather than mere cubic capacity.

This is because the same engine, say their 2.0 TDI had been tuned to give 110, 140, 177, Bhp etc along with differing torque figures. In addition, there are other factors such as power to weight ratio that would give different performance figures for the same engine.

So, in order to make the figures have a bearing to the actual performance available to the driver, Audi has introduced Dynamic Badging.

The calculation behind these new badges differ on level of G-force created under acceleration. Therefore, a bigger engine will accelerate hard creating more downforce, which implies the faster Audis get higher badges.

Dynamic Badging is arrived at after converting 100 kilometers per hour to meters per second, and dividing that number by the car’s 0-100 time, which is then divided again by g, or 9.81 meters per second squared ― the result of which would be a decimal number between zero and one.

Then on the assumption that 1g is equal to 100, the result is rounded up or down to the nearest multiple of 5, which is the number that finally gets used as the Dynamic Badge.

Let's take an example of the A4 2.0TDI 177 Bhp which had an earlier badge of 2.0 TDI (that was used for the 140 also)

Here's how its Dynamic Badge is arrived at:

It has a 0-100 acceleration time of 8.2 seconds.

Newton’s second law of physics, which is v=u+at is applied where "a" is acceleration "v" is the final velocity and "u" is the initial velocity and "t" is the time consumed.

Here, t= 8.2 seconds, u=0 km/hr and v=100km/hr= 27.78 m/s
So, 27.78= 0 + ax8.2
a= 3.38 x100/9.81 = 34.53 which is rounded off to 35.
So its gets the Dynamic Badge 35 TDI

OldMrBrennan83

Ridiculous.

colm_mcm

Patww79 wrote: »

Ridiculous.

Quieten down. I for one welcome this nonsensical badging.

Vorsprung durch badgetoss.

Leonard Hofstadter

James Bond Junior and I were at Cars and Coffee Limerick today, here's some of the cars that were on display, just listen to the sound of that 918:eek:!

There were loads of other really interesting cars but not enough time to take photos of them all!

https://imgur.com/a/1eK1Xji

marty whelan

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

James Bond Junior and I were at Cars and Coffee Limerick today, here's some of the cars that were on display, just listen to the sound of that 918:eek:!

There were loads of other really interesting cars but not enough time to take photos of them all!

https://imgur.com/a/1eK1Xji

Is that Gerry Mcmanus?

MadYaker

There's a Ferrari GT4C Lusso parked outside my appartment block, Ill get a pic later. English reg. Same guy had a yellow 458 a few weeks ago. I think he's leasing them from Charles Hurst up north, can see it on the number plate surrounds.

bear1

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

James Bond Junior and I were at Cars and Coffee Limerick today, here's some of the cars that were on display, just listen to the sound of that 918:eek:!

There were loads of other really interesting cars but not enough time to take photos of them all!

https://imgur.com/a/1eK1Xji

Love the engine bay of the gta

Leonard Hofstadter

Thought you might like that photo alright ! It sounds beautiful as well.

tossy

I can't hear any audio.

bear1

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

Thought you might like that photo alright ! It sounds beautiful as well.

I did

ION08

Absolutely immaculate '88 Honda Prelude 2.0i with 4Wheel Steering ... only 58k miles on it. :eek:

30 years old and it has 4ws ... I'm not a Honda fan but they were well ahead of their time in the 80's and 90's.

Stunning car..

bazz26

8k and it's yours:

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/stunning-1988-53k-mile-honda-prelude-4ws-manual/19994526

ION08

bazz26 wrote: »

8k and it's yours:

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/stunning-1988-53k-mile-honda-prelude-4ws-manual/19994526

Wow, great find!

Such a clean car, it literally looked factory fresh!

I wonder how much it was bought in NI for?

bazz26

Yeah, I seen the advert the other day while browsing the vintage section of DD. Not sure if that price includes VRT and I'd say it would probably owned by maybe an elderly person judging by how original it is.

That dealer has some very nice metal for sale:
https://www.donedeal.ie/all?userId=2572928

ION08

bazz26 wrote: »

Yeah, I seen the advert the other day while browsing the vintage section of DD. Not sure if that price includes VRT and I'd say it would probably owned by maybe an elderly person judging by how original it is.

That dealer has some very nice metal for sale:
https://www.donedeal.ie/all?userId=2572928

Was just drooling over it myself ... it's great to see cars that have been maintained and stood the test of time in such pristine condition regardless of brand

Alun

bazz26 wrote: »

That dealer has some very nice metal for sale:
https://www.donedeal.ie/all?userId=2572928

True but he does overuse the word "stunning" a bit though.

bear1

I wonder if the last black merc was a government car.

Big Nasty

Alun wrote: »

True but he does overuse the word "stunning" a bit though.

Leonard Hofstadter

tossy wrote: »

I can't hear any audio.

Apologies, didn't realise there would be no sound if I used imgur:o!

Try this instead: https://streamable.com/8ixzo

SmartinMartin

Alun wrote: »

True but he does overuse the word "stunning" a bit though.

Well saucy on his prices too.

elperello

bear1 wrote: »

I wonder if the last black merc was a government car.

He mentions MOTs among the service history so I'd say it was not a state car in Ireland.

opus

My first time seeing one of these, looked well.

ION08

opus wrote: »

My first time seeing one of these, looked well.

They look great but the quality is very poor.

Notice the exhaust are under the front door .. that way when you have your window open you can breather in those lovely exhaust gases as they diffuse into the cabin

tossy

That's hilarious.

StereoSound

How was that design choice approved..

StereoSound

Wasn't too long ago that I found one of those preludes in someones garage, we agreed on a price of 700 I think it was, he changed his mind the day I was to collect it because he said he was told it was worth alot more. He asked me for 2k for it.... I said forget it. I'm pretty sure I mentioned it on this forum a good year back.

MarkN

Potent is the word. Potent.