Does the Chevy Impala need 302 HP?

[sontakke]

Such a waste of wide road! So much lateral room between the rows of cars!! In Mumbai, they would turn that in to an effectively eight lane highway

 

[GuitarDaddy]

have you guys ever heard of black people?

and no, that's not racist. find me anyone that clamors over a FWD 'super sport' built like an 80's shitcan and guesses can be made about their ethnicity.

:awe: You're even more clueless than you are racist, and thats saying something

 

[hanoverphist]

Oh, Christ on a bike, here we go again. :|

:sneaky: () :biggrin:

 

[JulesMaximus]

dont get too jeaous they will destroy your maxima and out MPG it, its OK :biggrin:

LOL! MPG is the only thing that matters in gridlock like this...unless you're on a motorcycle.

 

[hanoverphist]

LOL! MPG is the only thing that matters in gridlock like this...unless you're on a motorcycle.

nah, amenities are where its at when in gridlock. when my amp popped a few years back and took out my HU, it was a grueling hour of driving to get home without music. its only an 11 mile drive.

 

[DivideBYZero]

An hour to go 11 miles? Fuck that, you could do that on a bicycle in 40 minutes.

 

[hanoverphist]

An hour to go 11 miles? Fuck that, you could do that on a bicycle in 40 minutes.

not with 3 kids, 400-500 lbs of tools and a bag of cheetos...


the freeways have since been widened and finished, so that commute is not as bad anymore. good thing too, back then i just went to and from work, now i turn that 22 mile round trip into 45 miles, what with picking kids up/ dropping off in a different city and all.

 

[exar333]

That's not much more than usual. A Honda Accord has 270HP. A Toyota Camry has about 270 as well.


It's an economy car. Economy cars are always available with manual transmissions because they cost $1000 less. They are more economical if you want to think of it like that.



Same mileage but they're virtually undrivable. Put 3 people in a Corolla and the thing will jump gears between 3 and 4 all the time. The instruction manual and people in AT Garage both say one should lock it out of overdrive when it does this, and that drops the gas mileage by 10%. Cars with manual transmissions never need to be restricted like that. In trucks with automatic transmissions, the instruction manual will often say never to tow anything in overdrive. Such a rule does not exist with manual transmissions; you can run a manual in overdrive all you want and it won't screw up.

I agree with this. The current Accord and Camry weight a decent amount less than the Impala so the power/weight ratio is likely similar with their V6 options.

The V6 is also fuel efficient which is important for CARB regs.

 

[JulesMaximus]

nah, amenities are where its at when in gridlock. when my amp popped a few years back and took out my HU, it was a grueling hour of driving to get home without music. its only an 11 mile drive.

Well, that too. Which is why I'm thinking of buying a loaded 2012 Ford Focus Titanium Hatch as my next car. Great mileage and all the amenitites.