What's the slowest car you've ever driven?

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01/21/2015 at 12:49 • Filed to: oppositelock

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What's the slowest car you've ever driven and has its lack of speed bothered you?

For me it was obviously my Fiat 126p, but funnily enough when I drive it the low power doesn't bother me at all. The lack of punch was much more annoying in the Opel Astra II Estate 1.6 I drove for a few days this autumn, and that has like 75hp over the little Fiat.


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Kinja'd!!! Jonathan Harper > . .
01/21/2015 at 12:54

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I think a Toyota Echo. Yes it bothered me.

The yards bothered me a lot less, a good chassis on that one.


Kinja'd!!! BeaterGT > . .
01/21/2015 at 12:54

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Even with some slight power mods, the 2009 Civic EX my friend owned. Made my Saturn SL feel like a rocket even though they should have been around the same power.


Kinja'd!!! Arben72 > . .
01/21/2015 at 12:54

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1.8 impreza. I've driven a couple of zastava's before too, the Impreza I wasn't really expecting to be that terrible. It was way to slow for any type of speeding, it was almost hilarious in a way.


Kinja'd!!! Scary__goongala! > . .
01/21/2015 at 12:57

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My first car Sadie the W123 300TD. Turbo lag for dayssss.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > . .
01/21/2015 at 12:57

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I drove my friends Plymouth Reliant around the greater Boston area when he borrowed my car (1997 Chevy Lumina sedan) for a road trip. A lack of power from the factory coupled with years of neglect made it quite interesting to enter traffic. I got passed a lot those few days.


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > . .
01/21/2015 at 12:57

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Given that I timed my cruiser last night to 60 and got an average of between 12-15 seconds...that. and no, not really.


Kinja'd!!! itschrome > . .
01/21/2015 at 12:58

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I've driven several low HP cars that felt quicker than they were, but the one that bugs me the most is my girlfriends base 2012 Malibu. But it could just be because my DD has a fair bit of punch that when I switch to that it just dogs compared to my DD.


Kinja'd!!! E92M3 > . .
01/21/2015 at 12:58

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My sisters 85 Nova. Which was a rebadged Toyota Corrrola. It had 90HP, but only weighed 2000lbs so it wasn't THAT bad. Still 0-60 took something like 14 seconds.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > HammerheadFistpunch
01/21/2015 at 12:59

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12-15 seconds? You lucky bastard. I'm not sure whether my Benz or Rover is worse, actually - probably the Rover - but they are both in excess of 30 seconds.


Kinja'd!!! That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > . .
01/21/2015 at 12:59

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My Corvair is a special kind of gutless. It SOUNDS like you're flying, but it's got 102hp (realistically more like 75 at the wheels), so it's extremely slow. My 127hp Civic feels like a rocket sled by comparison.

But it never bothered me driving it. It's got enough power to keep up with traffic and pass pretty easily, and it's always entertaining. But yeah, it's massively slow.


Kinja'd!!! 505Turbeaux > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:01

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my diesel, non turbo, automatic Peugeot 504 wagon. I like to race glaciers for fun, because I would always beat them, slightly


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
01/21/2015 at 13:02

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yeah, its really not that bad, granted the 4.56 gears help...though the altitude and bigger tires sure don't. I bet it would be pretty fast at sea level, maybe even break the into the 9's


Kinja'd!!! Hermann > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:02

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My grandpa's 1994 VW Gol 1.0. He used it to go to church on Sundays (2 blocks from their house) and sometimes grocery shopping. 5 years later and it still hadn't moved the 4th digit on the odometer.

I've driven 1.0 Gols before. But none as slow as his. I think the lack of usage made the engine lazy. I was still learning to drive when they sold it, so I only drove it a couple of times. But I remember that you had to basically drive flooring the pedal all the time so you could have a barely reasonable acceleration. Even in city driving.


Kinja'd!!! coelacanthist > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:02

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1973 VW thing... power of a beetle, aerodynamics of a small house. Close second was my lifted 4cyl wrangler. However, still 2 of my favorite rides, as long as you aren't in a hurry and the sun is shining.


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01/21/2015 at 13:02

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The official data is 46,6s 0-100 kph for my Fiat. Slow cars represent! :D


Kinja'd!!! Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:03

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1978 gmc with the full time 4wd and a 34 foot travel trailer. Top speed was about 60mph. Killed dinosaurs like Charlie Sheen kills coke lines. Each of the 20 gal tanks lasted an hour.


Kinja'd!!! daender > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:03

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NB Miata with a glitching ECU going into limp-mode. Long story told short, coming back from an autocross on the highway and the engine began to lose power and the ability to hold rpms with each passing minute. Went from 65 mph at 3.25k rpm in 5th gear and limped the last mile home at around 1.25k rpm in 2nd gear. None of the sensors were malfunctioning and there were zero leaks in the vacuum system. I did a hard reset on the ECU weeks later and that seemed to solve everything.

That last mile, going down a two-lane country road at around 12 mph with an engine that was ready to give up the ghost, was the slowest and most agonizing drive I've had to suffer through.


Kinja'd!!! Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:03

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1998 VW Jetta 2.0 GL Automatic. As well as terrible acceleration, the brakes would be inadequate for stopping a little tykes car. Yes it did bug me, but I'm probably the better for it. It taught* me several things:

Commit.

Leave yourself an exit.

Think ahead.

*drove home. every new driver gets told these things, they mean nothing until experienced first-hand.


Kinja'd!!! AutoSavant > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:04

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My wife's 1986 automatic SR5 Corolla (AE86). 90HP with a slushbox and A/C made for some interesting passing situations.


Kinja'd!!! Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
01/21/2015 at 13:04

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I would love a 102, from what I hear they are the most free revving engines. Mine has an 80 out of an fc. And it's faster than my Plymouth Champ and my sister's bugs were up grades.


Kinja'd!!! Nonster > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:04

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Probably my 94 Ford ranger. 2.3L with the horribly sluggish automatic box. Was factory rated at something like 97 hp...it doesn't make that anymore. I clocked it once at about 15 seconds to get to 60 mph. Its probably even worse now that I have larger & heavier wheels & tires on it.


Kinja'd!!! cazzyodo > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:06

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'99 F-150 with way too much gravel dumped in the back by the landscaping company I was picking up from...but who was I to complain about extra gravel? AMIRITE?!?!?

But real answer was my gf's PT Cruiser (yes...PT Cruiser). I nearly crapped my pants trying to merge onto the highway yet somehow she could zip all over town like it had racing fuel injected into its very soul each morning.


Kinja'd!!! . . > cazzyodo
01/21/2015 at 13:07

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I think the PT Cruiser could feel that you hated it so it hated you back.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:08

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My Benz would probably halve the number if the turbo were in good shape, but it's currently not. The Rover gets up quite quickly to 30mph, but is really straining past 40.


Kinja'd!!! Logansteno: Bought a VW? > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:08

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My '94 GMC Safari is the slowest thing I've driven with an estimated 0-60 of 14 seconds.

It doesn't really bother me though, it had plenty of punch all over the rev band, I think the reason it's so slow to 60 is because the 4L60E takes ages to swap cogs.


Kinja'd!!! j250ex > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:09

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Had a 1987 Jeep Yj in college. The previous owner had put in a AMC 304 paired to a 3 speed automatic. Wasn't slow around town but on the highway anything over 60 mph was terrifying.


Kinja'd!!! Coachrotte33 > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:10

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'77 F-150 with a 400. Quick to 10 mph and then glacial to its top speed of 73.


Kinja'd!!! Jedidiah > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:11

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My Jeep Wagoneer is catastrophically slow.

It's geared nicely, so it doesn't feel too bad accelerating at low speeds, but on the the highway it's dismal.

I tried to do a top speed run on the interstate in it and made to about 82 mph going down a hill.

The only thing possibly slower I've driven was a Kaiser Jeep m715, which made about 100 hp in a 5/4 ton truck. It felt like it was tached out at 45 mph.


Kinja'd!!! Twinpowermeansoneturbo > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:14

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Base Fiat 500. It's scary slow.


Kinja'd!!! OPPOsaurus WRX > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:16

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I did a little driving on the way up and back to Maine a couple weeks ago.. WE took my buddy's Outback. Accelerating to get on the highway was a bit sluggish so I decicded to floor it. The pedal moved about 1/16th of an inch. I was pretty much already at max power. its a 6 cyl too.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
01/21/2015 at 13:16

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I once had the misfortune of driving my Benz (before the turbo was completely useless) with a U-Haul trailer behind and having a progressively clogging fuel filter on the interstate.


Kinja'd!!! RazoE > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:17

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Wife's (then girlfriend) AE92 Corolla Coupe SR5. Luckily it was fuel injected, which meant all of 102 furious stallions galloping out of the gate. Well, it felt more like 10 sick mules pulling a sled, but then again, that might have been quicker.


Kinja'd!!! 505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
01/21/2015 at 13:19

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lol which one, the one in the tank or the one under the hood? I had a 300D turbo that had been run on bio and it jammed that filter in the corner of the tank something fierce. Every 8 miles you had to turn it off and wait for it to purge the vacuum in the fuel lines


Kinja'd!!! Chteelers > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:21

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I owned a cheap chinese knock-off micro motorcycle for a while. It had some little two-stroke and a CVT. You had the rev the crap out of it to get it moving, and it pretty much stayed at max revs all the time, spitting out a 20 foot cloud of blue smoke. Sounded like you were racing in MotoGP, but really only went like 15 mph.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
01/21/2015 at 13:22

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The spin-on style one with a securing bolt under the hood. I'm guessing the tank one is more of a sock? Mine might be worth a check.


Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:23

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Definitely my 4Runner at which I have timed it at 17 to 60. Most of the time it doesn't bother me, but when I have to pull out in traffic or merge, a few more pony's wouldn't hurt.


Kinja'd!!! cazzyodo > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:26

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I wouldn't be surprised.


Kinja'd!!! 505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
01/21/2015 at 13:27

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more of a screen than a sock. Dont even have to pull the tank (thank you mercedes) just have to get under there enough to get to it


Kinja'd!!! Five Liters of Obsession > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:27

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2009 Civic Hybrid...with a problematic battery/charging system. At time it was just the tiny four banger hauling around all those batteries with no help from the electric motors.


Kinja'd!!! thebigbossyboss > Chteelers
01/21/2015 at 13:28

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This sounds awesome. Would hoon.


Kinja'd!!! thebigbossyboss > Nonster
01/21/2015 at 13:30

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Oh man. I wonder if that had the same engine as my Ford Tempo (92) mated to the 3 speed box. After the Tempo was wrecked, I bought a Cavalier. It was a Lamborghini by comparison!


Kinja'd!!! thebigbossyboss > coelacanthist
01/21/2015 at 13:31

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"Power of a beetle aerodynamics of a small house" hahaha!


Kinja'd!!! VonBelmont > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:32

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My CR-V just wafts on an asthmatic 4 banger. Between the lead handling and mushy steering, I've learned to just avoid any highway driving.


Kinja'd!!! Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:32

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Kia Spectra. And pretty much every Kia I've ever driven. The new ones look great, but despite the nice numbers, they always lack punch and feel gutless. When already at speed, if you punch it, the only result I could detect was louder engine noise, not more speed. That is dangerous if you are actually trying to get out of something's way.


Kinja'd!!! Chteelers > thebigbossyboss
01/21/2015 at 13:33

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It was kind of fun, but you had to have the right attitude to ride it around, cause it looks and sounds absolutely ridiculous.


Kinja'd!!! Dememon > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:33

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1933 Plymouth 4 Door Sedan. 45 mph max and heavy and loose.


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:34

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Technically, this isn't an overly slow car, but the 2013-up Nissan Altima is annoying laggy in accelerating. I had one as a rental car, and the problem is not so much it lacks power but in the calibration of the throttle-by-wire gas pedal, and CVT transmission.

I was driving it all over DC and its suburbs, and its part-throttle acceleration was completely nonexistent. I would press the gas pedal a bit, the revs would briefly rise, and then the CVT would shift to a higher gear ratio, effectively nullifying my press on the gas.

I often missed gaps in traffic that I was trying to hit, because the car would fight back when I tried to accelerate just some. The only way to get it to actually accelerate was to floor it, in which case it leaped into action and accelerated too much. So I got in the habit of when I wanted to accelerate, just flooring it to kick it into action and then letting off before hitting the car in front of me.

I guess part-throttle acceleration is the first thing to go out the window in the name of increasing fuel economy.


Kinja'd!!! Party-vi > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:35

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1986 Toyota 4Runner V6 EFI. It even had a "power" button on the dash that was apparently hooked up to hopes and dreams, because it didn't do shit for more power.


Kinja'd!!! deekster_caddy > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:35

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1980 VW Rabbit Diesel.

Or my 1986 3/4 ton suburban towing a 20' camper and overheating, boiling fuel in the line before it could get to the engine. Drove it about 7,000 miles that way until finally somewhere in the mountains of Utah I added a secondary fuel pump that alleviated most of the issue... That was a long trip. Could barely hit the speed limit most of the way! (Of course it was my own fault for frankensteining the wrong engine in there and not proving out the issues before leaving on a 6 week trip!)


Kinja'd!!! mcseanerson > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:37

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5 door Ford Aspire with a 3 speed auto and a 1.5 4 cylinder. Approximately 15 seconds to 60. I effin loved it. I didn't see it as a limit as much as a challenge.

Can I carry enough speed through this s bend and accelerate hard enough by the time I hit that yump I get airborne?

Almost.

Better try again tomorrow.

And that is why a paper route that consists mostly of back country roads in your mother-in-law's Ford Aspire is the greatest experience anyone can ever have. Well that plus J turns and getting up on two wheels.


Kinja'd!!! TDogg > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:39

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My soon to be Mother-in-law's 2000 (or so) Ford Ranger with a 4 banger and a crap auto trans. Pretty sure 0-30 took 10 seconds and 0-60 took a full minute. Damn thing had a glass pack on it too so it just drooooooned on and on.

Honestly, despite it being slow as balls, it wasn't the lack of speed that bothered me - it was the suspension. It felt like you were driving without tires. Every bump shook the whole truck and tried to shatter your spine. I won't miss that truck one bit.


Kinja'd!!! coelacanthist > Chteelers
01/21/2015 at 13:42

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FUN! If you were to re-jet the carb and re-weight the CVT, might not get much more top speed, but it will get there a lot quicker! I had a full size 50cc 2 stroke scooter from Korea. When I got it, you had to keep it pegged just to eventually creep up to 25. After removing some nanny state bits and doing the above, with a new pipe, the thing would practically wheelie off the line and scream up to... 30ish.


Kinja'd!!! Widget_Master > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:42

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Late 80's 4 cyl Camry (if I remember right) with the A/C on. The A/C must have sucked 70% of the engine's power. At least that's what it felt like. It would really struggle to go up hills.


Kinja'd!!! Big Bubba Ray > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:43

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My '05 Outback. Car is an absolute dog. The 5-speed wakes it up a bit, but man is that thing slow.


Kinja'd!!! VonBelmont > Scary__goongala!
01/21/2015 at 13:49

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My mom had a 240D as her first car, which was slow to the point of being dangerous.


Kinja'd!!! 911e46z06 > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:54

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Not even a little bit bothered. Pretty sure she's down to around 30 hp. Of course, in rural Alaska in a town with 6 miles of paved roads and accessible only by air or water, there's not much call for speed.


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01/21/2015 at 13:57

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30 seems like a conservative estimate. I'm pretty sure those graphics add at least 20hp.


Kinja'd!!! Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > . .
01/21/2015 at 13:57

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Probably my parents old '89 GMC 12 passenger van, probably had a 0-60 of like 16 seconds.


Kinja'd!!! 911e46z06 > 911e46z06
01/21/2015 at 13:59

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Also, the choke stuck open on my e39 once. That was a fun drive to the shop. Waited until like 2am, then had to trek across town at like 5 mph. Took me 2 hours. Almost ran out of momentum going up over a bridge.


Kinja'd!!! Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > . .
01/21/2015 at 14:00

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Oh oh I need to change my answer! It was a honda accord with a nearly unusable clutch, you had to feather it a ton just to get up to speed.


Kinja'd!!! liquid_popcorn > . .
01/21/2015 at 14:04

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1929 Model A.

I was only driving it around downtown Alexandria VA though so it wasn't bad. Also the horn was the greatest. It was used liberally.


Kinja'd!!! liquid_popcorn > deekster_caddy
01/21/2015 at 14:05

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Seconded on the diesel.

I have a 1981 Caddy diesel (1.6na, 4sp). Rated at 54hp new, and has definitely lost some since. Hence the fully built 2.8l VR6 sitting in my garage waiting to get dropped in once it's warm...


Kinja'd!!! Scary__goongala! > VonBelmont
01/21/2015 at 14:05

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I can imagine. I got mine up to 95mph once but backed off, probably could have made it to the 105mph top speed haha


Kinja'd!!! I own dead car brands only > . .
01/21/2015 at 14:07

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probably my friend's aveo. Gutless to me but in the hands of her, she drove it like a racecar. 100 mph on highways were uncommon for her.

Let me restate it, 100 MPH in a tiny car and 14" tires. Shit felt like 200 mph to me.


Kinja'd!!! 911e46z06 > . .
01/21/2015 at 14:08

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That's about right. 10 from the motor, 20 from the crude rattle-can flames I did when I was 12.

There's a 3 mile straight in town, and about one out of every five runs I can get her up to 40.


Kinja'd!!! thebigbossyboss > Chteelers
01/21/2015 at 14:09

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Dude. I drive a car that is jacked up like an SUV sporting a fart cannon with racing seats. I think I am ready.


Kinja'd!!! philipilihp > . .
01/21/2015 at 14:12

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1999 Saturn SL2. In the summertime I had to turn off the AC just to climb a hill on the DC beltway. Sloooooooow but great gas mileage for a 50-mile each way commute.


Kinja'd!!! ceanderson920 > . .
01/21/2015 at 14:41

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My dad used to have a 39 Packard business coupe, It topped out at 55, no power steering or brakes, with three on the tree. It was sorta a neat car but fuck that thing was slow, 0-55 mph in about 40 seconds. Going 55 in it was scary as hell because the car floated everywhere and the front end was looser than Kim Kardashians snatch. He eventually got rid of it because it was not any fun to drive and it ended up just sitting in the garage collecting dust.


Kinja'd!!! wkiernan > . .
01/21/2015 at 14:58

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I test-drove a new 1981 Toyota Tercel with (ugh) an automatic transmission and it was so slow! And this is coming from a guy whose two previous cars were a '66 Beetle (1300 ccs, 44 hp) and a '67 SAAB Monte Carlo (850 ccs, only 60 hp, but it was actually pretty quick and hella fun to drive). The funny thing is that a few years later I happened to drive an '81 Tercel with a manual and while it was no hi-performance car it was properly zippy, as you'd expect from a car that weighed about as much as a box of saltine crackers. I'd have bought one of those if they'd had a stick-shift to test-drive.


Kinja'd!!! Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > . .
01/21/2015 at 15:07

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Easily the early-80s VW Rabbit Diesel Automatic that a friend had in high school. 50-55 hp, 2100 lbs, and a sluggish 3-speed auto.


Kinja'd!!! GTI MkVII > . .
01/21/2015 at 15:13

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Probably my old 97 Civic DX (autotragic). 106 HP/103 TQ when it rolled off the assembly line. God only knows what it was making 17 years after the fact on a 95 degree Florida summer day with the A/C on lol.


Kinja'd!!! deekster_caddy > liquid_popcorn
01/21/2015 at 15:27

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1.6?


Kinja'd!!! mazda616 > . .
01/21/2015 at 15:36

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It is a tie between my first car, a 1992 Chevrolet Beretta with the 2.2 liter four-cylinder and 3t40 three-speed automatic (that was slowly dying) or my grandpa's 2003 Toyota Tacoma with the four-cylinder and an automatic that does its best to feel like a CVT. The Beretta was downright dangerous on the highway as it couldn't accelerate without ending up being stuck in first gear. The Tacoma just won't rev, even if you floor it. I have had the pedal to the floor many times and it won't go over 3,500 or 4,000 RPM. So it just kind of bogs itself down all the time. Add to that the transmission that seems to ooze into gears slowly like melting ice instead of actually shifting, and you've got the recipe for a slow, slow vehicle.


Kinja'd!!! Chteelers > coelacanthist
01/21/2015 at 16:18

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30mph on my bike would have been terrifying. I could bend the entire frame with my hands and probably chew up the screws if I wanted to.


Kinja'd!!! coelacanthist > Chteelers
01/21/2015 at 16:46

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Chew up the screws... That's the best description of Chinese manufacturing I've ever heard.


Kinja'd!!! NaturallyAspirated > . .
01/21/2015 at 16:49

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That I've actually driven? Probably my dad's old 1985 Dodge Caravan with the Mitsubishi 2.6L I4 and 3-speed automatic.

My '74 Dodge Dart with the 225 slant 6 wasn't fast, but I'm pretty sure it was faster than the Caravan.


Kinja'd!!! JEM > . .
01/21/2015 at 16:55

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Tie between a mid 80s Ford Escort and mid 80s Dodge minivan.

Either of those vehicles made me feel completely unsafe trying to merge onto a highway.


Kinja'd!!! That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
01/21/2015 at 17:55

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I've heard people say the 102 has the wildest cam out of the bunch. With a quad carb kit and a cam, it would probably make some pretty good power. In its defense, I don't have a tachometer and the fan makes a bunch of noise, so I might be shifting at 3k when I think I'm really giving it the beans.


Kinja'd!!! wiffleballtony > . .
01/21/2015 at 23:43

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It's a toss up between a Mitsubishi Galante and a Chrysler Sebring. Both incredibly gutless. I may have driven slower but those too stick out. I remember getting about 19 mpgs out of the Mitsubishi which was worse than my Mustang.


Kinja'd!!! wiffleballtony > Textured Soy Protein
01/22/2015 at 00:04

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A relative of mine has a late model Altima and the transmission is draconian. For a 3.5 it should be decent but that CVT comes down like an anvil.


Kinja'd!!! eieiu > . .
01/22/2015 at 00:37

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1982 Olds Cutlass Ciera two tone purple and orangeish brown with orangeish brown interior, Iron Puke engine, one cylinder filled with oil from leaking valve cover, rusted hole in trunk plugged with an oil bottle, rusted rockers and floor so bad a jack went through the bottom of the car when I had a flat, bought for $100 in an alley behind a bar. Oh and when I traded it in, it needed $2200 in brake work...Midas said they could reuse the brake pedal, that was it.

Leaving Chicago after the 1996 car show getting on to 55, I put my foot down to stay ahead of a corvette, the car gods frowned on the Vette driver for having his pointy nose up my bungus, car coughed and dropped the muffler and 4 feet of tailpipe, torpedoed the Vette in the grill.

How fast do ya think a three cylinder Iron Dooky pulled me down the road? Faster than that Vette looking like Jaws with the airtank sticking outa his maw just before it blew up...

I remember that car being much more responsive when I took the wire wheelcovers off...each one weighed a good 10 pounds.

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Not my pictures...this car was better than mine. I couldn't afford the fuzzy dice.

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Kinja'd!!! liquid_popcorn > deekster_caddy
01/23/2015 at 16:01

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Of course, haha. The Rabbit had one previously too, but the previous owner swapped it for a cammed and chipped 2.0ABA. It's the best go cart ever.


Kinja'd!!! deekster_caddy > liquid_popcorn
01/23/2015 at 16:14

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1.6 Caddy? Is that some kind of nickname for that little diesel motor? (I thought you were referring to Cadillacs awful diesel motor of the mid 80's, I think using the Olds 350.)


Kinja'd!!! liquid_popcorn > deekster_caddy
01/23/2015 at 19:02

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oh, hahaha. No, I meant like the Rabbit pickup. It was sold as the Caddy in Europe, if I recall correctly. I had assumed that was what your username was referring to, so I didn't clarify.


Kinja'd!!! deekster_caddy > liquid_popcorn
01/23/2015 at 19:33

Kinja'd!!!1

Ahhhh. No, my username goes back to the mighty 500" cadillac engine I built long ago. It was my first performance engine build. Hard to find a place to put all those torques!!! But I'm a fair weather fanatic, had many small cars as commuters while my big cars were the 'toys'. Still have my first 'toy' and I've been rebuilding the body panels on it bit by bit...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/6509315…


Kinja'd!!! liquid_popcorn > deekster_caddy
01/24/2015 at 15:34

Kinja'd!!!0

hahah, that makes sense.

Also, that is amazing.