Winnebago Trend - First Drive Impressions
My wife and I recently test drove a 2014 Winnebago Trend 23L (same as the Itasca Viva) and were very impressed. As previous View owners that was the benchmark for our comparison. We then drove a new...
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Dakzuki wrote:
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Wow. 3 liter 4 cylinder diesel? That takes some work to tame.
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I dunno. I owned a Porsche 968 for almost 10 years. It had a gas 3-liter 4 cylinder derived from the 944's 2.5 liter. 16 valve with variable cam timing, Getrag 6 speed, really broad torque band, rev-happy as all get-out, and very smooth. It had two 'balance shafts' to cancel vibrations. It got mid-to-high 20's mpg on the open road, tho' on high test. 0-60 in 6.1 sec (good for '92), topped out at 156.Some people think that if they'd turbo'd that engine, it would have dented 911 sales for a few years.
Jim, "Patriot: One who gets a parking ticket, and rejoices that the system still works."
