Hi Dick,

>>Manufacturing costs are paramount in any manufactured product!
Steady boy!
ALL engines are bound by costs!

Jeez Dick, you take my comments and extrapolate to the extreme. Of course this is the case, but what my point was that all manufacturers are not bound by the SAME cost constraints and therefore the products will be of different quality....such as the Mercedes vs. VW comparison.

>>Sometimes the high bucks stuff is the best - sometimes not.

We absolutely agree. Wow.

Dick, you really should try a Taurus out instead of blindly saying it can't be better because it dosen't have rotary valve induction. The data seems to point to another conclusion. If you want to state that you don't want one because it doesn't have rear induction or rear exhaust, there's no argument, but all the rest of your arguments are moot unless you try the Taurus out, or at least look at one, before concluding it isn't better.

We can obviously beat this subject to death(oh, that's right, we already have. Sorry to be so boring guys) and neither one of us is going to change our tune....but I sure would like your opinion on the Taurus after running one, because I sincerely think you would be objective in your testing....and then become a vocal advocate for Taurus...even if you don't run one yourself because of the rear end stuff.

Bill