Let me guess, automatic transmission? I have a manual Rio and I can push it in half the time in third great. Not redlining anything, just less conservative shifting.
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Vlyn@lemmy.zip 1 year agoOnly up to a certain point. My Kia Rio has a 0-60 of like 16 seconds… overtaking even on a clear road sucks.
The car is perfect otherwise, but I’d definitely want much better acceleration in the future.
viking@infosec.pub 1 year ago
Vlyn@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Nope, manual, I’m in Europe. But 75 PS Diesel with 6 gears. Redlining doesn’t help much when it comes to accelerating.
Oderus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Especially diesel engines.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 year ago
My last car was like that and then every time I borrowed my dad’s mercedes I’d constantly do stupid unecessary overtakes just because I could. It’s a moral hazard - I don’t think a faster accelerating car is safer because people drive those differently.
Vlyn@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Of course you have to hold yourself back, but where I live there’s plenty of really nice stretches of road where you can overtake. But with my car while I’m accelerating some guy in an Audi or a BMW already decides to overtake from the back… overtaking with a better car feels much less stressful and safer.