In accelleration tests, you must remember the DeLorean has extremely tall gears, especially compared to the Renault Alpines with the same gearbox and PRVs. My friend's 170hp DeLorean can be out-accellerated by a 2 litre Vauxhall cavalier with only 115 hp, but top-end is no contest, as Jan says Martin Jan van de Wouw wrote: >On 06-07-2003 21:08, thomaspaulmccoy wrote: > > > >>I went up against a 90's Toyota pickup truck and a 1990 300ZX... >>and lost to both. That year Z supposedly has a 0-60 of 7 seconds, >>and a quarter of 15. >> >> > >I NEVER do that... To spare me the humiliation before hand... >Even my sisters' Daewoo Matiz with its puny 3 cylinder >800cc engine out accelerates my DeLorean... > >BUT IN THE END I'M FASTER; at 80mph hers is finished >and mine just gets rolling! > >JAN van de Wouw >Thinking Different... Using a Mac... >Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... > >#05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1652963/R=0/SIG=11tvulr8i/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=6 0178275&partid=3170658> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1652963/rand=121556288> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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