JScullin
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- Joined
- Jun 5, 2004
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- Badassachusetts
- Car(s)
- '00 Mercury Cougar, '13 Ford Fusion 2.0l Ecoboost
Kat lives near me and say what you will about the car. She drives it like a woman on a mission.
Prius moves very quickly early on...once it nears highway speeds it starts to become very slow. I'm actually surprised the new Beetle is that slow...I honestly thought the 2.7L Dodge Magnum was the slowest thing in the world but that's only 11.7s.Do you realize 12.4 is slower than the PRIUS? Amazing.
Damn 0-60 in 12.4 seconds?? That is so slow its unsafe.
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In what other cases do you need massive acceleration? On country roads people no long overtake others. On the interstate everyone is going pretty much the same speed (with few exceptions). So why do you need acceleration? ...except for fun and thrills.
And yet it is still better than a camry which is a picture of beige. :lol:
The real reason men hate my car is the majority of you car too insecure to be seen in one. Honestly if you are such a man I have no interest in dating you, so the car is handy to weed you out.
Believe it or not I have done this before in a "man" moment. 0-60 might be awful but anything that is not a stop to 60 isn't.
Also, after searching the only place I can find that says the 0-60 time for my car says:
Depends on powertrain. The 2.0-liter hatchbacks are peppy enough with manual transmission, sluggish with automatic--VW says about 10.2 sec 0-60 mph. Heavier 2.0 convertibles feel slow with either transmission--VW says 11.4 sec 0-60 with manual, 11.8 with automatic.
http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/2003-volkswagen-new-beetle-1.htm
After 5 different search phrases all I can figure out is no one tests the automatic and no one can agree on the manual.
Hardly. Many people think they need good acceleration for everyday driving, but it simply isn't true. The most commonly quoted problem is pulling onto interstates. People think they need to be at full speed when they enter the interstate...I can't tell you how scared have I been in the past with inexperienced (read: girl) drivers doing this. They slam on the throttle to reach 70mph, but don't bother to check their mirrors, so as soon as we reach the interstate they realize there is a huge truck just inches away, and the driver (of the car) has to slam on the brakes to let the truck pass.
In what other cases do you need massive acceleration? On country roads people no long overtake others. On the interstate everyone is going pretty much the same speed (with few exceptions). So why do you need acceleration? ...except for fun and thrills.
FYI, many men who are smooth with women have little interest in fast cars, mainly because they are too busy getting it on with women :lol:
Hardly. Many people think they need good acceleration for everyday driving, but it simply isn't true. The most commonly quoted problem is pulling onto interstates. People think they need to be at full speed when they enter the interstate...I can't tell you how scared have I been in the past with inexperienced (read: girl) drivers doing this. They slam on the throttle to reach 70mph, but don't bother to check their mirrors, so as soon as we reach the interstate they realize there is a huge truck just inches away, and the driver (of the car) has to slam on the brakes to let the truck pass.
In what other cases do you need massive acceleration? On country roads people no long overtake others. On the interstate everyone is going pretty much the same speed (with few exceptions). So why do you need acceleration? ...except for fun and thrills.
You are right, I don't drive in too much heavy traffic. However, I've driven around NYC and Miami - once with a Mk3 Golf the other time with the Volvo and I never felt that I need more power in order to overtake somebody.You don't drive much in heavy traffic I take it? It is very useful to have good pick up in traffic around these here parts that is if you want to be able to overtake people at all. Cars tend to run tightly together and people go to great lengths to not let you in so having a quick burst of accell to get into an opening is very useful.
Dude, you need to quit while you're behind. When was the last time you drove on a country road? I overtake someone almost every time I go to the lake (Saturday was no exception, passed a pickup struggling to reach 40) and on the way home too if it isn't too late at night. I use probalby 85+% of my car's perfectly appropriate available acceleration to pull out into highway traffic here all the time because the merge lanes are often up hill. Oh and you ARE supposed to be going at very nearly road speed when you merge in which is quite reasonable if you check traffic before you accelerate. If you aren't up to speed then people have to merge over just to get around you which is not only rude but hazardous as well. I can guarantee I'd much rather be in the car with Katwalk or any other girl on this board than you right now. I'm not so into being slammed into trees and cars and such. Geez.
but those lanes are usually long enough for any car to reach that speed without having to "floor it".
I wouldn't go so far as to call the chassis "great". There's a reason why people don't autocross them (well there's also the reliability - there was a GTI at the event I went to this weekend and he had to change his driveshaft half way through the event).