I drove the world's fastest car for a week: AMA

"I own dead car brands only" (Prd2bdf)
08/03/2015 at 09:21 • Filed to: None

Yes, folks, I have driven the world’s fastest car.

No, it is not a Bugatti or a Ferrari. Not even a Lamborghini or a Porsche.

It is the.....rental car. A 2013 Toyota Camry SE equipped with the roaring 4 cylinder engine and a neck-snapping 6 speed automatic.

Ask me anything about it. I daily drive a 2011 SAAB 9-5 for reference

DISCUSSION (25)

Echo51 > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 09:25

How many hoons does it get to the gallon? How many skidmarks are left on that wet concrete now? Wait it’s fwd, isn’t it!? D:

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 09:30

I bet my rental was faster.

Kinja'd!!!

This bad boy has 90 whole horsepower.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 09:30

Is it grounded to the ground?

extraspecialbitter > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 09:31

How is your 9-5 as a dd?

#imdoingitwrong

#blessed

pip bip - choose Corrour > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 09:36

how much air did you get over “speed humps”?

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 09:39

How many eggs?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > pip bip - choose Corrour
08/03/2015 at 09:40

None. It’s grounded to the ground.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 09:40

Is it as great a place to be as people claim? Is it as soul sucking and boring to drive as they claim?

I own dead car brands only > Echo51
08/03/2015 at 09:41

I have actually left many skidmarks.

Sadly, it wasn’t on purpose. The tires are bald, the power peak is peaky, and the rpm range is short and high. Translation: trying to leave with some degree of reasonable progress results in wheelspin, slamming into the next gear, and immediately losing any forward momentum.

Also averaged about 30 mpg

I own dead car brands only > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
08/03/2015 at 09:42

No, no, no, no, nooooooope. Skidding around a on-ramp while going 30 mph? Nope, hell no.

I own dead car brands only > pip bip - choose Corrour
08/03/2015 at 09:43

A lot actually. Quick to extend, slow to compress equates a lot of air. Even when going over a twig is like jumping railroad tracks at 100 mph

I own dead car brands only > extraspecialbitter
08/03/2015 at 09:44

It is simply magical. The engine and chassis works beautifully together.

I own dead car brands only > Van Man, rocks the Man Van
08/03/2015 at 09:44

And a damn sight Better looking

I own dead car brands only > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/03/2015 at 09:47

Let’s put this way, I have discovered the eighth circle of Hell.

The steering is so overboosted and vague. The brakes only has an inch of travel and no matter how much force is applied, you will stop the same way...you stop....ish

Frankly I don’t understand why these are so popular

extraspecialbitter > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 09:48

mmm... want.

xwd?

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 10:01

Angry Citroën

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 10:10

I wonder if average owners/drivers of these cars like them this way. That overboosted and vague steering sounds reminiscent of the big old boats that were excellent highway cruisers that we have long-since lost. The brakes could explain the strange way that Toyota drivers tend to drive by “brake check”, too...

How is the interior? I thought a gen or two ago they were pretty nice inside. Generic, but fairly premium looking/feeling. They’re way outside my style, so I don’t track them closely, but it’s interesting to see what 80% of drivers aspire to.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/03/2015 at 10:17

I think you are right - they appeal to a certain older demographic. Lots of leg room, but buttons on everything, fairly conservative looking, etc.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 10:18

For a car that size... that’s actually not bad.

I own dead car brands only > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/03/2015 at 10:48

The interior is actually nice apart from the shit stains from previous renters. There are stitchings on the dashboard.

Basically the 80% of drivers who bought them are saying “I hate myself and I’ve given up on any resemblance of living”.

I own dead car brands only > extraspecialbitter
08/03/2015 at 10:50

No. If I am honest, xwd is Saab’s biggest mistake. It is far too unreliable and too picky. It is an effective system...when it works. Beside it being a SAAB, it is already naturally good in the snow, winter tires are just icing on the cake.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 10:56

Actual stitching or a skeuomorph? A lot of companies do the latter now, because they believe that is more premium than accepting their materials.

I believe this is something they claim about parents that buy minivans, too. Most cars are not designed for enthusiasts, they’re designed for people that can/want to buy new cars.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 11:17

I had a rental camry last year at some point. Then I recently had a rental sonata. The Sonata was just way better at everything. Well other than a competition for which one is more boring looking, then the Camry would win. Only problem was I could not induce wheel spin no matter how much I would floor it and turn the wheel hard. The Camry went into wheel spin with any amount of throttle lol.

450X_FTW > I own dead car brands only
08/03/2015 at 12:59

Can you smoke the tires with a neutral slam?

pjhusa > I own dead car brands only
08/10/2015 at 23:25

Do you feel regret after entering the darn thing?