[iceman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_56vE_gdGNY

It would have been nice the challenge was on the edge of the car's capabilities. They guy had the AC on and a load of fuel in the trunk. It was a decent video review though.

 

[Webers1]

:thumbsup I agree, there wasn't any tension like that Seinfeld where Kramer drove Jerry's Saab until it ran out of fuel.

 

[minienigma]

Not sure what the guy meant by "If you're trying to make a pass at 80 -- all that get up and go -- well, it got up and went. And passes at 80MPH can be pretty scary in this car." Is that bad or is that good? It sounded like it's meant to be bad -- since it seems that he was contrasting get up and go around town to highway passing.

Having my car for about a month, I didn't really have much of a problem passing at 80MPH -- the car just goes -- no big whoop. While the car does seem to need to put at bit more effort in to pass at 80MPH going up a hill, the power at that point seemed more than adequate.

 

[Mrryan]

140 horsepower is more than adequate for passing. It's the torque and gearing that make the difference. And of course, passing at the correct spot.