What's the slowest accelerating car you've ever owned? (best, mileage, engine)
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Early model Ford Pinto. Wasn't mine, belonged to my husband's brother. I drove it a couple/few times----damn thing couldn't get out of it's own way. And it was ugly, too.
The slowest car I ever owned was a 1963 VW Beetle with the 40 HP engine. I bought it used in 1972 and it was pretty worn out.
The slowest accelerating car I ever drove was a brand new 1977 Volkswagen Dasher diesel that I took on a test ride because I wanted to buy one. It was so slow entering a freeway that I was scared. Needless to say, I didn't buy it.
The Toyota Tercel I owned during the early 00's was pretty damn slow. I'm almost certain it was a 0 to 60 in 4 minutes kind of car. It screamed total sex appeal!
my first 'benz diesel car, a 1964 190D. Published Spec: . 0-60 mph in 31.9 sec, 0-100 km/h in 35.5 sec and quarter mile time is 24.4 sec.
But that was with a 95 lb driver and only 2 gallons of fuel in the tank on a hi-barometric pressure cold day at sea level. My bet is that they stripped out the interior except for the driver's seat which may have been a milk pail for the speed time tests.
With the radio an option at the time, I'm sure the test car didn't have one of those, either.
With me and a full tank of fuel at Denver altitude, the car struggled to reach 60 mph. I think you could measure the 0-60 time with a sundial.
2nd Worst Car: 1962 Renault 4CV. The only virtue it had over a 'bug was that the 4CV had a real heater in it. With 21 HP at sea level, top speed was around 55 mph. 1/4 mile was well over 30 seconds. But it did give 40+ mpg in around town driving. The car came as part of the fleet of vehicles I acquired with my shop purchase in Denver ... had this, some Dauphines, several R-10's, and an R-12. All but the better R-10's went to the boneyard in the first month.
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