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11-20-2020, 01:22 PM | #561 |
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I could never figure that logic out either!
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Man I wish I knew you in 4th grade when I was trying to find that POS Waldo. Great catch! Sweet, now I know where I can put my red tow hooks to let everyone know I'm a better driver than them because I go to the track, lol jk. In all seriousness, it's one of the annoying things about owning domestics, they make attaching hooks for track use an absolute pain. |
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Those with the ability to get E85 should be able t really bring it up with very little cost. I am jealous of that aspect.
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They could have gone the RCF route, they already stole the fender vent design, why not go all the way and take the rocker panel as well lol. |
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I bring this up because I believe that with this update, and keeping up with the joneses (ND2), this car will now be in the 5s to 60 now, which apparently is enough to make the WRX/STI a little nervous. Also, the Eco Pony cars hit 60 in the 5s as well. As far as in gear acceleration, with that flat NA torque curve, I'd say this little car may punch above its perceived weight. But sure, doesn't have the cheap upgrade potential of a factory turbo car, but considering the price difference, and an eventual a/m FI CARB legal options to come, I'd say that's sufficient. But that 13.5:1 does concern me within this context, but I really don't have any plans to boost it anyway. |
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Jalopnik said it. The point is, pretty much every car has a turbo and significant power these days and that trend will continue. A year before introduction this car is a little short on power and that will get worse relative to the rest of the industry as it ages. I'll be the first to say lots of cars are overpowered these days (Camrys with 300+!!) but I struggle to understand how the designers and especially the marketing team felt comfortable going with this engine. This model has famously low sales numbers and the only criticism has been lack of power. It's easy to see what could be changed to sell more. You guys keep mentioning the price but industry wide I don't see much concern about sticking to price points. Prices keep ballooning and consumers keep paying, with the help of leases and loans. This vehicle development team just seems to be in another dimension if they are that worried about adding 3 grand to the price and they don't think 0-60 times and kick-in-the-pants test drives sell cars.
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While I understand your point, and only slightly disagree with it, I believe people don't care about horsepower as much as they think they do. What I think people really care about is the power to weight ratio. THAT's what they experience in the test drives. And by that metric, as opposed to horsepower alone, the new car will do just fine in my opinion.
That said, at 10,000 feet, it's still going to be a dog.
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