Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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Hefty in reply to @poodawg

Make sure you drive a few if you're going for a petrol. So many of the variable valve timing cylinder things are fucked you wont realise until you drive a good one and it's got twice as much torque.

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poodawg in reply to @Hefty

Oh right, I wasn't actually aware they had VVT. Would this be more noticable at the top end?

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Hefty in reply to @poodawg

No, it helps mid range torque. If you can drive both it's easy to feel it, but a broken one doesn't feel all that broken in isolation.

They do tend to make a diesely rattle when they start if it's kippered, something about the oil not pressurising properly. Working ones start silently.

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