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Old 10-02-2012, 02:44 PM   #1091
53x12
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Originally Posted by gggplaya View Post

There's a reason why america is only 5% of the worlds population, yet we consume over 50% of the worlds resources, namely oil. For some reason america's level of acceptance has shifted to believing that the car needs to get up and haul ass instead of just get up and go when you step on the pedal. The situations where you need to use the accelerator in an "oh crap" maneuver are quite rare. Most of the time you simply just need to veer off in a different direction or use the brakes to save yourself. I've been driving with slow and sluggish cars for many years, never a problem. Drive a big rig, a dump truck, or tow a huge RV and tell me you need to accelerate at mach 1 or a car is total crap.
That is like saying you don't need a car with AWD because there are many drivers that do just fine with FWD.
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