Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 13:35:18 -0500 From: "bamp" <bampatcenturyteldotnet> Subject: Re: Do even Soccer Moms and Grandmas have Superchargers or Twin Turbos in their cars these days?
"The Diesel" <hollywood_onealnospamo.com> wrote in message news:e1df7c64.0407080943.4221a69cnospaming.google.com... > 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. Grandma, I give up. What are you driving?? bamp
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