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Originally Posted by wdb
Elucidate me please. I thought Volts switched on their gasoline engines when needed and had essentially unlimited range.
Also please don't sell all turbo cars short re longevity. My 2005 STi at 117K miles was running just as strong as it did when it was new. Turbos are not the issue, engineering is the issue. And maintenance, and in the case of a car like an STi, an owner that does not flog the bejeezus out of it. Turbos are also routinely used in diesels that go multiple hundreds of thousands of miles.
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I never hear of car's like Sti's/335i's/evo's/ etc going 200k+ or 300k+ miles strong, yet plenty of na cars do all the time. Aside from semi-truck engines which run like 1 million miles with their FI'd engines, I can't think of any decently reliable turbocharged cars that has been known to last high mileage like na cars do on a regular basis. I also prefer the instant throttle response/sound/feel or na engine, which is why the porsche gt3 rs is one of my favorite cars.
/rant