Surprisingly quick cars

[fozluvscars]

Just wondering if anyone has been 'surprised' recently by how quick a car has been...I ask as had a toyota avensis estate D-4 up my trumpet the other day, and couldn't believe how quick it was. First thing i did when i got home was lookup its spec!

[myvision]

Having had an avensis estate D4D i must ask were you walking?

[deltashad]

The Toyota Hilux 3.0 D4D is surprisingly geriatric

[B3ALP]

myvision said:

Having had an avensis estate D4D i must ask were you walking?

[J4CKO]

A lot of cars it is down to how commited, skilled or mental the driver is, noever underestimate the lengths some will go to to make a point, a Seat Leon Ecomotive was following me quite easily down lanes in the 944, mainly s I wasnt willing to go any faster but on paper figures on the road dont always translate, I can make our Citroen C1 go faster than it has any right to, flat out everywhere but in anything fast its just occasional blips.

Anything diesel can be hard to shift of a rear bumper, the performance is so accesible.

I have got to the point, I am not bothered if someone elses car is faster, as long as I enjoy my drive, I suspect a well/hard driven 320D could trouble my 350Z but I am not about to lose my license, crash or hurt someone to prove my car is faster, it really doesnt matter and if the other car has a tale about how he beat a faster car, good for him or her.

[fozluvscars]

myvision said:

Having had an avensis estate D4D i must ask were you walking?

ha ha, i knew someone would say that. tbf though, its got 175bhp and 295lb/ ft of torque which aren't to be sniffed at. On the motorway that amount of torque would come in very handy....as i found out.

[xRIEx]

J4CKO said:

...I am not about to lose my license, crash or hurt someone to prove my car is faster, it really doesnt matter...

This is the way I look at it now.

[XJR500bhp]

Audi TT 2.0TFSI

[300bhp/ton]

fozluvscars said:

Just wondering if anyone has been 'surprised' recently by how quick a car has been...I ask as had a toyota avensis estate D-4 up my trumpet the other day, and couldn't believe how quick it was. First thing i did when i got home was lookup its spec!

Honda CR-V. Although I'm not talking about it's straight line pace, but how it was being driven. They were either hugely capable, or a complete and total nutter. Or maybe a bit of both Either way their progress cross country was pretty phenomenal.

[XJR500bhp]

xRIEx said:

This is the way I look at it now.

The OP wasn't asking this? He wasn't in anyway trying to say "it's clever to race someone" he was merely asking if anyone had any experience driving a car they were surprised by

[300bhp/ton]

fozluvscars said:

ha ha, i knew someone would say that. tbf though, its got 175bhp and 295lb/ ft of torque which aren't to be sniffed at. On the motorway that amount of torque would come in very handy....as i found out.

Surely only if you don't know how to use a gearbox??

[skyrover]

A Defender can keep up with traffic surprisingly well by a committed (read lunatic) driver down country lanes.

Of course foot wide tyres can grip pretty well through corners.

[J4CKO]

XJR500bhp said:

Audi TT 2.0TFSI

And the TTS, same engine in a 260 BHP variation, 0-100 in 11.8 seconds, overshadowed by the TTRS but still that is impressively quick for what isnt that much power in the scheme of things, suspect that the DSG box and 4wd help a lot there.

[Baryonyx]

300bhp/ton said:

Surely only if you don't know how to use a gearbox??

Torque is a great leveller for those who don't know how to use a gearbox. It's the reason all the D/C and A Road heroes turn into moving roadblocks when they hit a B road.

[fozluvscars]

xRIEx said:

This is the way I look at it now.

I agree buddy, and its reckless to think otherwise.

We weren't racing, but was just surprised at how i couldn't create a safer gap between us

[xRIEx]

XJR500bhp said:

xRIEx said:

This is the way I look at it now.

The OP wasn't asking this? He wasn't in anyway trying to say "it's clever to race someone" he was merely asking if anyone had any experience driving a car they were surprised by

OK. So what?

[RoverP6B]

My E39 520i Touring. Dog slow to 30mph and really surprisingly quick beyond that. I've had it up to 125 and it was still pulling strongly there. Top speed is supposedly 139 but I haven't yet had a chance to get it up there. Engine is seriously lacking torque so it really has to be kept on the boil above 4000rpm to be an effective overtaker.

[Fastdruid]

My wife was surprised a few months back that a BMW Mini level pegged her in a TL GP and ended up she had to drop back and give way as she needed the same lane. Saw it was an 'S Works' which when she looked it up later realised is also a ~6s 0-60 car.

[hondansx]

Any diesel pretty much. Motorways suit them and you have to be in something seriously quick to make the advantage obvious. They romp between 50-80 so you have to go well into license losing territory to prove a point. Brings to mind Clarkson's point that any car for sale these days will do a comfortable 100mph, begs the question why we bother with performance cars on the road!

[fozluvscars]

300bhp/ton said:

Surely only if you don't know how to use a gearbox??

its not always possible to ring the cars neck (when missus is in car), so just use a nice dollop of torque instead....far less incriminating