So what happens if they "run you down"? They step on the brake and honk the horn and blast past you. Who cares?
You've fallen for the line that you "need" more power. In reality you "like" more power or maybe even "want" more power but you don't "need" it. In fact most of the time as we've discussed you don't "need" a car at all since your commute is so short. That said there are plenty of reasons for you to have a vehicle and since you are able to support yourself its nobody's place to tell you you can't have one but please don't confuse "need" and "want". I'm not impressed with the 300+HP engines, they make it all at super high RPM. My v8 Dakota was "only" 205ish HP but it made it around 2,000rpm (your 360hp is probably at 4500 or more) and was much more useful. Low RPM hp also equates to more torque. Torque gets things done, HP makes noise and burns gas. -Curt Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:09:06 -0600 From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] horsepower Message-ID: <528cfac2.70...@bennell.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I am not so sure that I agree with you all. I can drive my old 300D and it does reasonably well, but there are times when it could use a bit more. For example, pulling onto the highway from a dead stop with a 90 degree turn and uphill for the next half mile or so. I have to be careful not to be run down. My current F150 has the new 5 liter and I can say without a doubt that I like it more than the 5.4 that was in my 2002 version. If I keep my foot out of it, it appears to be making better mileage than the earlier one did and if I step on it, I get a nice growl. I have not yet needed to hit it hard so I don't know what it will do if pushed, but so far I like it fine and I am willing to bet it could be a whole lot of fun in a Mustang. I don't need the 400+ HP version but this one is rated at 360HP and that suits me fine so far. Randy _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
