Ongoing General Automotive Thread 2.0

[Brendone]

People who only want a car to get them from A to B don’t understand the joy of more HP. I’m shocked!

[woob]

I mean my VW Sportwagen with the 1.8 TSI and DSG only has 170hp and will pass on the highway with ease all day long.

250hp with the right transmission and driving style is a good amount of power.

We finally got our Sierra sold and are now driving a new to us Grand Cherokee with the Hemi. That thing is a blast to drive, as long as not too many tight corners are involved. It’s a bit scary how quickly it’ll go from 115 to 140 and beyond.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Acey

This is wild mindset to me.

My first car was about 8 seconds, and that felt slow. My next car was 175 hp and 7.1 seconds, and at no point did I struggle to merge on a ramp or feel like a hindrance in traffic.

A vehicle that does 4.5 seconds to 60 is an objectively quick vehicle and can rapidly exceed any speed limit in this country.

I measured my current car at 4.0 and it would scare my girlfriend if I punched it.

I dunno if people are watching too many YouTube reviews of all these cars with sub 3 second 0-60 that they're losing the bigger picture but in what universe is 250 hp not enough? Stop trying to race M4 Competitions and you'll be fine.

I think you misread that, 4.5 seconds to go from 50 to 70 MPH, that's 4.5 seconds to go from 80 KM/H to 112 KM/H at pedal to the floor. That's abysmal.

250 horsepower is not enough, and this is especially the case with how heavy vehicles have become.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Who the #### is designing the head and tail lights over at Hyundai? Yikes.

[woob]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I think you misread that, 4.5 seconds to go from 50 to 70 MPH, that's 4.5 seconds to go from 80 KM/H to 112 KM/H at pedal to the floor. That's abysmal.

250 horsepower is not enough, and this is especially the case with how heavy vehicles have become.

Ok we’re not all driving Aston Martin’s here. Agree that’s slow, but abysmal? How fast do we need to go 80-112?

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Who the #### is designing the head and tail lights over at Hyundai? Yikes.

The dog bones on the Santa Fe are pretty awful.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

The dog bones on the Santa Fe are pretty awful.

And weirdly too low. The new Kona headlights are ridiculous.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

250 horsepower is not enough

Enough for what? To keep up with traffic? I'm genuinely trying to understand.

I've had 6 vehicles in my life with under 250 hp and I'm still alive.