stuny Posted May 26, 2009 Share #1 Posted May 26, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Some details of the R8 and R10 Audi race cars. I posted an R10 photo here last week, and is included here as the last photo. I find the sticker in photo #1 to be funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Hi stuny, Take a look here My other car is a diesel - R8 & R10. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pauledell Posted May 26, 2009 Share #2 Posted May 26, 2009 Stuart, Stunning series of "SPEED". Each one has wonderful color, clarity and composition. Do you think these beauties will be given an exemption from the Green Guys of the EPA? Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted May 26, 2009 Share #3 Posted May 26, 2009 Nice group of photographs, Stuart - I especially love numbers five and seven. Only one question, though, can this diesel pull a 20-ton trailer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topoxforddoc Posted May 26, 2009 Share #4 Posted May 26, 2009 Stu, Great series. You do get some nice cars in your NYC showrooms. Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted May 26, 2009 Paul - Thank you. Interestingly, the R10 TDI qualifies for California's current emissions standards, though I doubt its fuel economy is acceptable to the EPA. John - Thank you. You put me in mind of a low-budget western in which a prized saddle horse is terribly misused for drayage. BTW: There wasn't enough room to get the full R8 (image #5) in frame through the windows of the closed showroom without blocking some of the image.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla Posted May 26, 2009 Share #6 Posted May 26, 2009 beautiful shots - i especially like #1, 3 and the last one! @ paul - i'm driving a diesel audi (just an a3) and it's a lot of fun to have a torque of nearly 400 Nm in such a small vehicle. it's true that raw emissions of diesel engines are inherently dirtier than those of gasoline engines - this is due to high compression ratios and inhomogenous loading of fuel and air. local concentrations of fuel in the combustion chamber will create soot during the combustion process, areas with excess air cause NoX. however, a combination of exhaust-gas recirculation, particle filter and NoX reduction (either via catalyst or urea injection) can take care of most of that dirt. gasoline engines don't have that problem because of homogenous loading and because combustion happens at much lower pressure. Hence the softer sound and poorer fuel efficiencies. sorry for the long sermon - but i just like engines ... markus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted May 27, 2009 Share #7 Posted May 27, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Excellent series Stuart. These cars are works of art and your photos capture them well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted May 27, 2009 Share #8 Posted May 27, 2009 Stuart, Thanks for your reply, it was quite interesting. And Markus, I hope you didn't take offence at my comments about the EPA. As far as I am concerned, they ought to leave auto drivers alone and measure the pollution coming out of the blowhard politicians in Washington. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted May 27, 2009 Share #9 Posted May 27, 2009 STUART- Superb series, wonderful colours and detail! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted May 27, 2009 Markus, Virgil, Paul & Mike - Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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