Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 21:54:03 -0400 From: "Refinish King" <noneofyourbusinessnospamyourbusiness.com> Subject: Re: Do even Soccer Moms and Grandmas have Superchargers or Twin Turbos in their cars these days?
I guess we should all support our Police! They need the coffee and donuts! Refinish King "John Robertson" <johnnrnospamsnet.com.au> wrote in message news:40ee80da$0$16104$afc38c87nospam.optusnet.com.au... > Depends if its horse power or pony power I had to get a decent turbo Volvo > as I was being abused for not moving quick enough in my fairlane now they > are still braking when I am well gone moving into traffic > GO GREY POWER .......I have just come home with my wife driving her Turbo > Volvo she scares me stiff never under the speed limit just over mostly and > here in Australia Victoria that means 1.8 miles an hour over and a hundred > and twenty Five Dollars to the police with their faulty cameras maybe more > .one point eight miles an hour +$125 dollars but she likes to give > generously to the police dept . > "FanJet" <FanJet27nospamail.com> wrote in message > news:bsoHc.80$yo4.42067nospamer.newsread.com... > > 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. > > > > > >