Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 23:00:55 -0400 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: Do even Soccer Moms and Grandmas have Superchargers or Twin Turbos in their cars these days?
FanJet wrote: > The Diesel wrote: > >>I accelerate normally when I get a green light at the stop light and >>like 95% of the time I'm the slowest accelerating vehicle on the road >>and the cars that were in parallell lanes always out accelerate me by >>a mile and the cars behind me are always tailgaiting when I'm >>accelerating after I get the green light. >>About the only vehicles that I out accelerate with normal acceleration >>are large trucks and busses. >>It's not like everyone on the road is driving a Mclaren F1, Bugatti >>Veyron 16/4 or a Ferrari Enzo, they're driving Accords, Camrys, >>Explorers, Windstars, etc, but they always out accelerate me. >>It's not like people are smoking their tires, I think they're just >>accelerating nomrally. >>I mean it's not like I'm driving a 1987 Yugo. >>It's true that I'm driving a car that weighs over 2 tons, but it does >>have 205hpnospamRPM and more importantly 280 ft-lbs of torque nospamMPH. >>You'd think that a quarter mile time of 16.9 seconds would make a car >>about average or maybe slightly above average, but where I live I >>guess that's considered extremely bad acceleration even for a >>Grandma's Car these days. >> > > I think you'll find most/all operators of the other vehicles treat the > accelerator as an on/off switch. And, of course, they're all automatics so > it's not like there's any skill involved in driving this way. If you drive > like them, I think you'll find that they aren't out accelerating you. > > > I really don't know why he posted this question in the Saab forum - he is driving a FORD (2000 Town Car Executive) with an automatic!!!! No wonder everyone beats him out of the light. The Lincoln Town Car was never designed to be a dragster or a sports car.
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