A supercharger on the Audi 4.2L FSI engine? Hello JHM...

If you were rich enough to buy one of these, would you want to be bothered to have to know which side of the gas pump to pull to? Who needs a little arrow on the gauge when you can just put a filler neck on both sides. Plus that’s two gas caps you can not screw on right and set a MIL, which you never see on VAG…

I also want this to be what happens so badly. Though I fear it may lead to calls for impeachment and/or increased risks of assassination.

The Obama.

I prefer Eco or Boost

Plastic timing chain guides: Not just the things of nightmares for B6/B7 S4 owners anymore...

Same strategy that the Seahawks’ Legion of Boom follows with roughing up receivers every down. The refs won’t call PI on every down, so it’s an advantage to them. And I saw that as a devout Seahawks fan...

The older article about this that is referenced and linked above says that the 43 series AMG cars will not have the one man, one engine rule applied.

They’re supposed to be bringing over a few more RS models in the next couple of years. Fingers crossed that includes either and RS4 or RS6 Avant.

Caparo T1

Neutral: I purchased a high mileage, modded B5 S4 three months out of college. Within three months I had cracked a 19" alloy in a pothole and one of the turbo shafts snapped.

Still in utero?

Well put in that long comment, you win the day. Would never win COTD, but I’d say it’s more than worthy. And I prefer eCFR over law.cornell.edu, but I use both depending on what search I used to get to that section.

Except for the fact that the emissions regulations they pass and enforce probably account for 25% or more of the engineering work that goes into the vehicles for sale today. Hell, OBD (which is more of a CARB thing) accounts for over 50% of the processor space on a lot of cars. That’s a lot of software engineers and…

They aren’t “going after” anyone in this case so much as just clarifying the rules as they are already written. Often times the official regulations are not 100% clear, so they will release clarifying guidance at times to clear up any misunderstandings.

I think you’re reading this one incorrectly. While included in proposed regulations tied to heavy duty engines, I think the EPA’s clarification of the onroad vs nonroad engine issue is applicable to both heavy duty and light duty.

They have been cracking down on heavy duty diesel trucks for the past 9 years or so. New emissions regulations introduced in 2007 basically made any big diesel engine need a diesel particulate filter (DPF) to clean up the black smoke. If you see any recently produced on-road diesel engines billowing black smoke, than…

It sucks that the only RS models they sell here anymore are based on the TT (too small) and the A7 (too large). Guess I’ll just have to add a tune and pulley to my S4 and end with and RS4 Lite... Just as fast, but disappointing engine note compared to that 4.2L.

Any vehicle that you buy these days has a Certificate of Conformity, or C0C. Part of the provisions of said CoC are that you cannot modify or tamper with the emissions control devices. Doing so makes the vehicle non-conforming and the person making the modifications guilty of tampering, which has applicable fines and…

My 2012 has the same thing, though I prefer that look to the “Supercharged” badge because it looks too similar to the “S-Line” badge.