Date: 8 Jul 2004 19:38:02 -0700 From: hollywood_onealnospamo.com (The Diesel) Subject: Re: Do even Soccer Moms and Grandmas have Superchargers or Twin Turbos in their cars these days?
"bamp" <bampatcenturyteldotnet> wrote in message news:<L6udnb0lwYN-DnDdRVn-ggnospamurytel.net>... > "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 Well, I'm not a grandma, I'm a guy. Back to the subject, I'm driving a 2000 Town Car Executive.