Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 03:39:51 GMT From: "FanJet" <FanJet27nospamail.com> Subject: Re: Do even Soccer Moms and Grandmas have Superchargers or Twin Turbos in their cars these days?
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.