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Old 04-20-2013, 04:53 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
I might have to agree with you if I examine the current market more carefully.

However back in 1986 I bought a new VW Golf Diesel, drove it for 4-1/2 years. I then bought a 1990 Geo Tracker 4WD and drove that for 19-1/2 years.

I think I drove the two slowest vehicles then available in the US market for about a quarter century, and just dealt with it.
Ha! I had the ´86 Golf Diesel too, 4-speed gearbox 'n all. 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 19.5 seconds, IIRC. Yet I usually found no trouble to keep up with traffic, as most people use so little of their cars potential.

The Nissan Serena minibus listed its 0-100 in 30 seconds though . It was not very big, but certainly not small compared to what's on the road here. And there were others that made the Golf look like a dragster. Kind of. Hell did it smoke if I gave it full throttle, in its dying days...
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