Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 19:12:04 +0200 From: "Guy Drieghe D." <guynopsamx.be> Subject: Re: 9.3 - am I disappointed ?
> Guy Drieghe D. wrote in message ... > >>And I don't think a 4 or even 5% slope is such a big >>deal. My little Mitsubishi Colt 1600 doesn't even >>hesistate on such slopes, without downshifting from 5... >> > > Well a Ford Focus 1.6 has the same problem. This 1100kg car has 100hp. So > the power to weight ratio is about identical, as is the very tall gearing in > 4th and 5th. And don't look suprised, but every magazine I read mentionned, > that whenever, the road started inclining by however much you needed to > downshift. So don't feel you're the only one with the problem. > Oh, but I don't feel I'm the only one... <grin>there's a lot of trucks out there as well...</grin> And of course, one can't really compare a Focus with a Saab, right ? >>Maybe it just had the wrong level of expectation from >>a (expensive) car like the Saab ? >> > Well cars got heavier and heavier the past 20 years. We now have gotten to a > point where a 2.0 in a 1300kg Saab 9-3 is really starting to get > underpowered. > > Mark Gerritsma > (amgATddsDOTnl) Let me count now: 1300 Kg for the car 68 Kg for the fuel 80 Kg for me 60 Kg for my wife (hope that's right) 50 Kg for the luggage -------- pm 1600 Kg...thought that the Saab engineers could end up with this sum as well, no ? Or do the Swedish divorce their wifes and throw away their luggage and drive on hot air when they buy their Saab ? Naahhh...it's probably just me being overweight... Sorry for being cynical. Powerlock didn't work anymore today. -= Guy DD __________________________ Annex Hypermedia Design http://www.annex.be __________________________ And a slice of life http://www.annex.be/life __________________________ New version 6.6 is online !