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Originally Posted by RedDevil
That's why we need em both 
The point was what you use it for. The claim seemed to be that Porsches etc. were made to cope well with mountains. The average motorbike copes even better, due to its good power to weight ratio. To have real fun in the mountains, take a motorbike. |
Except that I've never found a way to take my dogs along on a bike.
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Having said that, the excess power only comes into play when the road allows higher speeds. Any car can climb any paved mountain road in first gear and most of them in second. So where the roads get really twisty the power differences become less significant.
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And block traffic for effing miles. I get stuck behind people like this all too often. Granted, for most of them it seems more a lack of driving ability than power, but still...
But I think you're still missing the point I was trying to make. It isn't as though the only two possibilites are small & seriously underpowered, or gargantuan SUV/pickup with 500 hp engines. As for instance these:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/...pg-mazda-miata