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Linear......almost beat by minivan....
Posted by Tom (more from Tom) on Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:34:21
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....now I know that with only 175hp in my '05 Linear, I shouldn't expect that much and if I wanted more power I should have went w/ an Arc or Aero, but it seemed peppy enough when I test drove it two mos ago. I was at a stoplight this morning in a two-lane highway that merges to one-lane about a half mile down. I normally don't make it a habit to be in the lane that has to merge over because I hate when people do that to me. Anyway, a minivan was next to me and when the light turned green I went through my normal shifts (5spd) thinking I would pull ahead of the van but she was trying to beat me for some reason. I had the thing floored in 3rd gear and was barely pulling away from her. It was kind of embarrassing and compared to my old '02 9-3 SE (which would have blown her doors off), I felt way underpowered.
There's really no point in all of this, I just wanted to pass along my experience.
Thanks,
Tom
'05 9-3SS Linear
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Posts in this Thread:
- Linear......almost beat by minivan...., Tom, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:34:21 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Linear......almost beat by minivan...., Gary Cims, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:09:22
- Watch out for new Toyota Avalons!, JN in CO, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:50:09
- Honda Minivan has 250hp, Ian Glenday
, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:27:25 - Chip it., jc, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:58:11
- Minivans from hell, thor-in-2004, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:21:16
- Re: Linear......almost beat by minivan...., David, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:56:14
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