^Don't listen to that one, he thinks a Sunbird is a good car that can run with the best of them. And for some reason pleased about the fact that he almost had a Probe instead.
8.2 to 60 and low 16s in the quarter was pretty fast for a compact in 1993. Heck, it still is. You may have onboard local Google search to help you find where to go, but I can get there faster.
That blob of beige has never let me down, never felt underpowered (Merging onto a freeway with 4 other people and their stuff) to the extent of being a liability. It's comfortable, gets a solid 33 MPG, the interior is still in solid condition, it carries a good amount of stuff.
But hey, my bad for liking it...
It's a CAMRY. It is one of the most anti-enthusiast cars ever built. You could be forgiven for thinking it was specifically designed to be boring. There is no good reason to ever have one if you care even a little about cars or driving, which I'm assuming you do since you're here.
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hawkeye122 -- Compared to a certain someone's Sunbird, as Bopop4 mentioned, your Camry is probably just as quick in the quarter mile (likely faster at present because so-and-so was recently soliciting advice on fuel injector cleaner to resolve some rough-running symptoms). Between the better gas mileage, presumably better handling manners (both FWDs here, with platforms separated by
20 years of age), and nicer interior, just try to contain your disappointment in not driving a down-to-basics
"pretend musclecar" like his.
If you had the V6, your beige blob would even generate more of that
all-important torque. This, of course, is actually impossible, because as everyone knows, any engine that isn't a domestic V8 (or a particular GM 60-degree V6
because reasons) couldn't twist itself out of a paper bag.
Oh really?
I've recently found a website that runs computer simulations of different cars' acceleration properties. I don't see much reason to doubt their accuracy, and they're certainly much better than the stupidity that is zeroto60times.com. To see if what you're saying here is correct, I looked up my 1993 Sunbird SE and his 2001 Camry I4. Well, actually, I looked up the very similar Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 and Daihatsu Altis SL FWD automatic, both rebadges of the cars in question, since this site has neither one indexed.
So much for that.
Going more granular, the comparison reveals that my car is:
-3 mph faster in the top end (assuming no speed limiters)
-1.5 seconds faster to 60 MPH
-4.1 seconds faster to 100 MPH
-1.8 seconds faster to 110 MPH, so yours starts catching up here
-But while mine takes 1 minute, 7.9 seconds to reach 120 MPH, the chart doesn't even list a time for yours, so it probably takes quite a while getting there.
-Mine is also 0.8 seconds and 4 MPH faster in the 1/4 mile, and would have opened up a 31 yard lead by the time it crossed the line.
-My car boasts siginifcantly better passing power, beating yours from 40-70 MPH by 1.3 seconds and from 50-90 MPH by 2.1 seconds
-Yours would get somewhat better gas mileage, but not
that much better. Personally, I could probably make more than that difference just by not driving so hard.
As for the comment you linked to, I won't try to deny that. My bad for not wanting to completely give up and drive a nice, comfortable, completely uninspiring I4 until I can afford a real sports car with a nice interior and whatnot.
