The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
and I get to show them how bad it can really get
Yep you clearly do have a bad attitude. Well done carry on and give em hell!
and I get to show them how bad it can really get
Traffic yesterday. So many people, all with no idea how to get where they're going. Slow and dithering. Outward journey, all minor A roads, 2hr30m. Return, with little traffic, 1hr45m.
When the full-sized articulated truck ahead pulls gently away from you, and disappears, that is too slow!
Clearly you need a twinair! Quite a decent turn of overtaking power.
We crept up on a Prius doing 45 in a 55 last Saturday. We were also in the DeSoto, 3300lbs of Detroit steel with 109hp on tap on a good day and a semi automatic transmission. Floored it, and dropped into passing gear. The old broad hiked up her skirt and blew past the Prius at 70.:slayer:
Our daughter and son in law had been behind us in their 6.2L hemi powered pickup. When we stopped at the pooch rescue where they were going to get their puppy, our son in law said he didn’t think that the DeSoto was capable of doing what it did.
I find I can have a surprising amount of fun with 77bhp in an 1100kg car. [emoji2]3300lbs isn't alot these days the prius would only be 400lbs lighter. If anything it's about the average weight of a diesel hatchback.
I'm only packing 103bhp against 2936lbs or there abouts so probably actually not a huge amount of difference I terms of shove especially given you'll have a lot more torque than my 4 banger.
To be fair I've always thought on ordinary roads (at least in UK conditions and when you don't have to tow) 100 odd bhp will do as long you don't mind a bit of commitment occasionally.
Obviously more is faster but if you need a car to be able to effortlessly pull 45-100 mph to perform an overtake you'd have to question if the overtake was ever really on...
I find I can have a surprising amount of fun with 77bhp in an 1100kg car. [emoji2]
Think my worst car would be something automatic, 4wd, 300bhp with sky high limits, where you don't get to drive other than to hang on and steer.
I like a slow car in general as long as you don't feel vulnerable on a daily basis in common situations.
If anything I quite like the interaction and thought required to drive around something that is inherently a little flawed.
The Mazda balances a lovely gearbox and handling with about 30bhp less than it needs for the weight from an engine that is strong and happy to rev. As a result you spend a lot of time playing tunes on the gearbox to make good progress and carrying speed as much as you can but it's enjoyable work and the end result is enough speed.
The Citroën has more than enough speed, but a terrible gearbox/clutch combo and handles like a sofa with seats to match. The trick with that is not extraction of speed but doing it in a way that allows passengers to keep their lunch. Any loading in any direction be it turning or front to back must be smooth as any sudden moves will cause the lack of damping to give up entirely.
But for me there's a satisfaction in getting them to do what I want to do be it goading one into speed or keeping the worst qualities of the other in check.
Think my worst car would be something automatic, 4wd, 300bhp with sky high limits, where you don't get to drive other than to hang on and steer. Unless I had a track to play on...at which point I'd happily have at it until it did something interesting.
You just about described my pickup. 300bhp, check. Automatic, check. 4wd, half check because it’s not full time. Boring as all get out to DRIVE. Perfect for an all day, mind numbing 500 mile slog.
if you have a brain you don’t then travel everywhere at 150mph just because you have the extra power.
We have a difference in scale if I drove 556 miles...I'd be in Paris. So as long you can do a couple of hours and maybe 5 or 6 at a push it's fine.