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Originally Posted by bjornb17
I highly doubt that! I used to own a 1995 ford escort station wagon, in all its 86-hp glory, a 5 speed (or was it 4 speed) manual, and it was the slowest thing since Aunt Jamima syrup. My 115 hp cavalier was a lot faster than that (clocked 0-60 at like 12 seconds lol), and the sentra is faster yet. "fast" is being used as a relative term here.
Maybe you had a turbo on your escort  |
Umn, no. I drive a 1991 Ford Escort Pony with a 5 speed manual. It is way lighter than a normal Escort, has no power robbing air conditioning, power steering, sound deadening materials, etc. Not only that, I have stripped out all of the interior, removed all extra weight including the spare and jack, put on headers, cold air intake, and open cherry bomb exhaust. Still it is slow, but as in 8.8 seconds from 0-60, and 16.8 mph at 85mph in the quarter mile. I have a g timer, and can consistently run that. Bring your brand new Sentra, and I will race you for pink slips. I have raced two of them already trying to beat me out in the suicide lane trying to get on the freeway. They both lost.
What is really sad is, they lost to this
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