Another reason Chrysler stinks.

[Lawrence C Leung]

I backed off too, around 75-80, but on one of the steeper hills on the
Palisades ended up flying by him. It mustuv ticked him off, b/c as soon
as it leveled off, he went racing past me again. Seems turbo torque works
better on hills than revs.

LL - NY

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 23:42:45 -0500 "TM" <t44tq at bellatlantic.net> writes:
>I had the same experience w/ a Civic EX coupe, coffee can and all.
>Dead even, one of those "I didn't realize he was trying to race me"
>kinds of 15mph to whatever races where I'm caught already in 2nd 
>gear.
>Pretty much dead even to 70mph, where I slowed down. On the highway,
>you should have less problems, though- just downshift to 3rd, floor
>it, wait for the turbo to spool up, and you're accelerating pretty
>decently. Now, in the '91, it's more of a matter of just stepping on
>the gas and the car just smoothly accelerates to insane speeds.
>
>Taka