Surprisingly Slow Cars

[smiller147]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 26 August 2016 at 00:23

[Rickyy]

Probably not the wisest thing to post on a public forum.

[smiller147]

Rickyy said:

Probably not the wisest thing to post on a public forum.

Driving wasn't done by me but yeah taken your advice, don't want to get my friend driving the FR in trouble.

[Iva Barchetta]

I've already informed the internet police as I would like 5m25s of my life back please.

[Pebbles167]

Was the post interesting?

[Iva Barchetta]

No.

Dull video attached of two hatches chasing around in the dark.

[neil-935ql]

Anyway , I will kick this off as per subject title , had a vw polo 1.2 as a hire car last year very very slow , luggage and people obviously made it even worse , hills were a problem this made for a really uncomfortable driving experience , proper struggle

[MoelyCrio]

neil-935ql said:

Anyway , I will kick this off as per subject title , had a vw polo 1.2 as a hire car last year very very slow , luggage and people obviously made it even worse , hills were a problem this made for a really uncomfortable driving experience , proper struggle

What exactly suprised you about a 1.2 litre Polo being slow?

[Gary C]

Mercury grand marquis.

Big v8, slow as fk.

[neil-935ql]

I know it sounds silly but it was completely gutless nothing at all to give , flat . Compare it to cars I have owned in the past even really old ones were faster , I have a comparable corsa I am selling now which is not gutless

[DegsyE39]

3 pot corsas's any of them.. Fetid fetid little turds

[markcoznottz]

DegsyE39 said:

3 pot corsas's any of them.. Fetid fetid little turds

Rapid compared to the original cinquecento, all 39 bhp, once managed indicated 80 mph on the a42, melted the sidewall of one of the tyres and the engine cooling fan stayed on for about half an hour when I arrived.

[Löyly]

Having tried a number of them (but not the VXR), I have always found the Vauxhall Insignia rather lacking. The automatics are the worst as they just feel like the torque converter is sapping the power to wheezing levels. They're not bad cars but they're leisurely old buses to cruise in. I did have a Buick LaCrosse 3.6 V6 hire car in America once, which went pretty well, though. Just a rebadged Insignia with some nice wood trim!

[Rawwr]

Drive the 1.0 3-cyl turbo Fiesta and then go and drive the 1.25 4-cyl Fiesta. The latter one will make you want to cry.

[FN2TypeR]

Rawwr said:

Drive the 1.0 3-cyl turbo Fiesta and then go and drive the 1.25 4-cyl Fiesta. The latter one will make you want to cry.

That little turbo really adds a good bit of flexibility to the engine for day to day driving, I hope things like that are the norm in future because small capacity N/A engines like the 1.25 are dire as fk.

[generationx]

Pointless thread has lost point

[smiller147]

generationx said:

Pointless thread has lost point

Tried my best to delete it, definitely wasn't thinking straight when I thought of it