Every time I can't pass somebody on an onramp I feel like a cuck. Especially when it is Chad and Stacey in the other car... fuck I hate that.
>mfw 160hp
Does anybody else feel trapped by the performance level of their car?
Why do I find that hot?
>60 HP shitbox
I am that guy
>have 160hp shitbox
>have 0 issues over taking
>downshift from 5th to 3rd and gas it
>easy peasy
t. Ford Focus SE Hatchback
>>15126108
I don't think you can buy cars that weak where I live.
>>15126116
>have 0 issues over taking
You haven't tried to overtake somebody with 300hp that doesn't want to let you pass.
>>15126116
Over taking one car maybe, once you sit in a car with power it's entirely all too effortless
>>15126116
Overtaking someone who doesn't want to go much over the limit is not impressive. If someone is blocking me from merging on purpose, they'll find themselves looking at my taillights as I blow their doors off, but otherwise I'm not interested.
t. 500hp street demon
>>15126156
>t. 500hp street demon
stop holding out on us, lets see it.
Back when I was 17 I had a 300ZX... I drove it like a dangerous asshole 99% of the time. One of those times I passed a minivan on the inside right at the end of the on ramp.
Right now I drive a car that weighs 3000 pounds and has probably 110 wheel HP. My other car weighs 2600 ish and has maybe 80HP to the wheels. They're both rice burners and it's fun.
>>15126082
>110 hp, 4 speed
>passin niggas left and right them giving them an exhaust bath
You have no excuse
>>15126163
Not mine, but same trim/color
>>15126082
I only have 69hp and I overtake everyone easily.
>>15126082
even with 560hp you'll always be a cuck
>>15126180
>Be me, driving my 1989 Honda
>3rd gear on the highway
>going about 80MPH
>at least 9 gorillian rpms
>as I fly through traffic I don't even have to look at the other drivers
>I already know their jaws are agape in awe of my engines power and sensual exhaust note.
>I keep braaping into the night
My car isn't super fast but it has decent power. It exceeds the speed limit quicker than I expect sometimes. I would really like the power of a Tesla, though.
>>15126193
Shitboxes are sideways 8 times more funner than retarded horsepower numbers
I'd take a geo metro with a blown motor over a super car any day
You guys aren't understanding my pain. Anybody can pass anybody else with a tiny amount of HP if the overtaken car lets it happen.
>>15126193
I come up with my 160hp subaru box and you disappear in my rear view mirror.
>>15126200
Just buy an extension cord lol
>>15126200
>tesla
>passing power
Tesla's are only fast off a line, that's it.
>go to overtake a ford expedition doing 50 on a 55
>drop my 90 wheel hp miata down to third, 4700 rpm and climbing, in the power band
>hear V8 roar to life, expedition starts speeding up too
>uhh, what?
>max 3rd, bang into 4th
>get to 80 mph before before seeing an oncoming car and backing off
>mad man expedition just stays over 80mph and until he disappears from my view
that was the one and only time I've had a problem overtaking someone in my 1.6 miata
>>15126212
Know your place subascum.
>let it happen
Pull back into the lane when they're speeding up, find out who's the real cuck
>>15126082
>Does anybody else feel trapped by the performance level of their car?
Not really since most people here drive under 1.4l hatchbacks or 2l diesel bigger cars.
To be honest a lot of the time I like to drive my gfs 1.2l Fiat Punto around town because I don't feel under pressure to go fast.
In my 2.5l V6 Mondeo I always have to be getting ahead.
>>15126224
It won't be your last
>>15126221
Interesting thing about the electric motor is that it could be feasible to never have it run over... like a few hundred RPM? Gear ratios waaay longer than a ICE engine are possible. If the motor was kept at low RPM (optimally, according to this graph, whatever RPM it turns at 40MPH) it could put out maximum power continuously. It would just takes a proper transmission to do it.
>>15126247
>gear ratios
>transmission
Teslas don't, and will never have transmissions. Stop trying to make your shitty battery work.
>>15126254
>Stop trying to make your shitty battery work.
But anon, the future. It is 2016, we can do anything.
>>15126123
>>15126156
Typically I try not to over take children. People who can't handle being passed without their egos getting bruised are people I try to stay away from on the road.
>>15126128
I've driven cars ranging from 90hp to over 700hp. I'm usually a pretty docile driver and tend not to pass anyone unless they're doing 10 under in the left lane.
>>15126219
I don't get it. :(
>>15126221
Over 400 HP is plenty for me to pass.
>>15126275
Technically its the present (present emoji)
>>15126283
>I don't get it. :(
Because mustangs have no pushrods
>>15126293
That only confuses me further. D:
>>15126276
When you have a subaru box with no exhaust, every opportunity to go through the gears is seized like it might be your last.
>>15126100
Because you are depraved
>buying a car for performance
lel
>drive my car to get from a to b
>basically a couch with 4 wheels
>ride motorcycle if i want fun/get somewhere fast
>beats 99% of cars i come across in the suburbs
>>15126316
>doesn't beat 99% cars ever made
Pleb
>>15126321
did you read what i wrote?
how often do you come across a porsche in the suburbs?
anyways money for performance a bike wins hands down. $10 000 AU and i've got a bike just shy of 200hp.
>>15126316
I ride a motorbike too but I do find being able to throw a car into a corner with reckless abandon is something I miss on the bike.
>>15126342
i do understand that.
but i feel guilty driving recklessly in a car. i'm more likely to hurt somebody else. on a bike im 90% more likely to kill myself than another innocent person.
>>15126254
>implying that has anything to do with what I'm talking about
As electric cars become more prevalent transmissions will probably be developed.
>>15126352
You ausies are such clucks
>>15126383
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zj2h-3AeiM
>all car owners
>>15126082
>90hp shitbox
>have no trouble overtaking
>mostly bicycles though
>>15126082
With 480 hp. No I don't feel trapped by it
>200hp
>just enough to maneuver and pass everybody when needed
I want 300hp so I can win stoplights, das bout it
>>15126376
It's not that there are no transmissions for electric cars, its just that there's no reason
>>15126549
>Loses torks with RPMs
>no need for a tranny
are you hearing yourself RIGHTNOW?
>>15126815
It adds weight, cost, another piece to break (with that tork you can bet they'll fuckin break)
>>15126082
it's a fucking on ramp you're suppose to let through traffic have the fucking right of way you stupid fucking nigger
why can't we just kill off people like OP yet
>>15126233
>Duratec V6
>getting ahead of anything
Most anemic 170hp i have ever driven, 3/10 engine but only because it's smooth.
No, because I have torks.
>tfw 300hp in Cuck Britain
No not really
>>15127134
>so much grunt
>...all the way up to 20mph
when I was just starting out with stick I tried to pass someone on the on ramp as normal and missed 3rd gear. It just didn't go all the way in. Engine would have been kill if first gear.
Also 160 hp Club. Probably lost a bit with age tho
>>15126082
>90 bhp
>125 Nm
>French Wheel Drive
>10% wider than stock tires
>try to pull out in front of someone at an intersection
>shitbox can't even put that pathetic power on the ground without understeering into a guard rail
>14 seconds 0-100 kph
>highbeams flashing and honking behind me
Every. Single. Time.
>mfw
Just shoot me please.
>>15126845
>with that tork you can bet they'll fuckin break
ah, yes
no combustion engine has ever been capable of delivering 450Nm, ever :^)
>>15126123
I drive a GMC Sierra, I merge and people move.
>>15126411
Why does the Veyron's 16cyl engine sound like shit from inside the cabin?
>>15127108
Just do what I do, drive a quad cab full size truck, you just floor it and make room. I'd added a bushmaster brush guard and that's enough to send the message of I don't give a fuck. Only issue I've had was with a Prius douche break checking me on the freeway, I moved to about an inch off his bumper by the third time and he got the fuck over and let me pass. I can literally total someone small car and come away with some scuffed paint.
I drove a Passat before the truck and had problems with its terrible 2.0t in a heavy ass sedan, foot down for a quater mile just to pass someone in a v6 mustang, now my 6.2l just freight trains and away I go.
>>15127349
Make sure you have a big ass tow hook in your trailer hitch. It makes people REALLY think twice about tailgating.
>>15127354
Oh I do, bought a nice one off uhaul that's height adjustable. They will sometimes give you one for free when you rent a mid size trailer. It's the ol' radiator buster for idiots who tailgate me, most douches see it and back off since one break check from me can ruin their shit in one swift move.
>merging onto highway
>wew lad let's RIP IT
>shift up into 3rd but I'm already over the speed limit
pls give autobahn
>>15127349
>can literally total someone small car and come away with some scuffed paint.
my 2001 chevy blazer got rear ended, camry crumpled halfway to the firewall but we didn't even find a scuff to put down on the police report
>>15127317
In what country do people think a Sierra is a scary vehicle?
Everybody drives a brodozer around here. If one drives like an asshat I just assume he's a dick and drive like an asshat right back.
Regardless of what you may think, when push comes to shove, you won't risk having a focus under your chassis. Shits bad for business.
>>15127380
For real, my states average limit in a solid 60 almost everywhere. Catch myself doing 85 all the time and wish it wasn't massively illegal, just get lucky and don't get buttraped by the troopers. Last ticket was a 5 -10 over from a cool trooper who could have totally fucked my shit up, my NRA sticker was enough to strike up a convo and broforce the ticket down.
>>15127298
1. Model 3's are designed to be cost effective
2. The torque being put down is comparable to fullsize pickups
3. Fullsize pickups don't use cheap gearboxes.
4. Once again, there's no point. You're average Teslafag is buying this car as a grocery getter. Multi-speed gearboxes are not practical. Maybe if it was trying to compete on the drag strip or something.
5. The Tesla drivetrain is just a big ass electric motor between the front wheels. Come back after you find a way to fit a gearbox and differential in there
>muh rear whe...
just stop, RWD is the biggest meme on /o/
>>15127398
I'm in a "gentrified" area full of soccer moms in Mercedes & Lexus sedans, the most average cars here are hybrids like the Prius and those grose Honda Insights. I also see a ton of smart cars and minis driven by bearded men in whool caps with raybands on. Oh, and for some reason both of my neighbors have hyaundais, which I am now convinced only the mentally feeble buy, all disgusting. I've got my truck and a beat up ol' Jimmy that kinda runs when it wants to.
>>15127445
That's the kind of neighborhood to hoon a 71 monte carlo with a BBC swap
>>15127453
I know right. My buddy has a loud ass fox body with 4 inch exhaust and it drives my neighbors nuts when he rolls by just going 25mph.
He came over one afternoon to help me consume beer and eat chips while doing some maintenance in my driveway, my neighbors being passive aggressive fucks had called the police to report someone doing " burnouts" on our street. Cops came by after a while and started asking why he was revving so aggressively and causing a disturbance, we showed them his car and ran it for a minute to their delight and they told us to have a nice day.
>>15127416
Take every ticket to court no matter what.
They will, 99.99% of the time knock it to a no-point offense so you pay the township and your insurance company can fuck right off.
Also not all states have reciprocal agreements so tickets from some states are irrelevant in your home state kind of thing. Know your state laws!
>>15127504
I need to test this, damn thing was $185. Just glad the cops are still good ol boys for the most part and don't care as much as some. Now local metro will ruin you're day over a minor lane change or improper signal violation. All my recent tickets have come from metro police, last one was a cute little blonde lady cop so I was kinda okay with it, warning for excessive speed in a church zone.
I didn't even know the church zones had special rules, I used those signs to warn me of old people in Lincolns pulling into traffic.
>>15126082
What kind of car?
Your car may be rated to 160hp by the manufacturer, but shitty cars(brands) don't deliver 160hp.
>>15126185
Everyone and their grandmothers have that car. Or a camaro, or a mustang. I can drive to the dealer and get one too bro.
>>15126082
My car puts out about 170hp at about 6100rpm and 180 ft-lb of torque at 3200 rpm (2.8L 6 cylinder). I've never had an issue of not being able to keep up or overtake someone. In 5th gear I'm close peak torque at highway speeds so I can usually just put my foot down and go with out having to down shift.
>>15126156
>500hp
That's cute.
>Challenger
That's even cuter.
>>15126156
>owns fat challenger
>street demon
shiggy diggy doo
>tfw get on highway
>WOT
>25 over in 1st gear
fugg
>>15127714
>wot in 2nd
>engine uses 90% of its power to make noise
>10% go to the wheels
I hate people who can't get up to highway speeds before the ramp ends so they end up merging onto the highway at around 50mph, messing up the merge for everyone else. Get a car with an actual engine you retarded fucks.
>>15127730
>tfw 3rd gear does 140mph
>tfw top speed approaching 200mph
Motorcycles are based.
>>15127739
>guy behind me in the next lane slows to let me in
>slow down
>people start honking and going apeshit
what the fuck am i supposed to do stop dead at the end of the merging lane until the gap catches up with me
>>15127349
I'm just waiting to be rear ended by someone like you, maybe I'll see a pot hole or a bag fly across the road and slow down a bit. In the end, the accident is your fault and your insurance is paying :^)
>>15126082
God I got on /o/ to try to get away from cuckposting
>>15126082
>on ramp
>car in front of me does 40 onto an 70mph highway
fucker
>tfw 365whp
>tfw car not pigfat
>tfw 3rd gear pull past cuckmobiles
>tfw when faster than most cars
No matter what there will always be someone faster. I try not to be an ass to people, unless I see them driving like one. Then they can't get pissy about me outdicking them
>>15126082
Well, if you can't overtake them, they're probably moving at a decent clip anyway, so no huge deal.
>>15126123
I with 250 HP in a 3500 lbs vehicle have been squeezed out by someone with 85 HP in a 6200 lbs vehicle
How?
Not enough space.
>>15126211
>blown motor
A car that can't move under its own power is fun?
>>15126108
Yeah well...
81 rabbit pickup 1.6l 49hp from the factory
Stock block and disintegrating head gasket i have everyone beat on the lowest hp rating
Pic related, the fastest my little truck has ever gone
>>15128142
Blown as in supercharged?
>>15126082
>Used to driving 20year old 75hp TarboDiesel
>Learned to overtake in said car
>No overtake was an issue
>Acquire 12 year old 100hp PD TDI
>Feels like a fuckin supercar
>Sticks you to seat when you gun it
>Having learned to overtake in old car, now can overtake literally anyone, unless they gun it as well.
>>15128180
I seen one of these in my town.
FUcking thing is stanced
>>15127429
>RWD is the biggest meme
Is that why road race cars are predominantly AWD? Oh wait! They're not! RWD gets better mileage, better power, and better handling characteristics so fuck you. AWD is only good for launching and retard lead-footed drivers.
t. Audi S2 quattro owner
>Overtaking on bike
>drop into second
>rip throttle
>dat fucking inertia trying to suck you off the seat
>dat fucking inertia making it hard as fuck to upshift
>dat fucking inertia when the fork misses the gear and you let the clutch out on the limiter banging away
>doing this when you're making 121 hp
>>15128374
>121hp
That's cute.
>>15128369
>RWD gets better mileage
no
>better power
no
>better handling characteristics
no
It's only still used because the motorsport world is packed tight with luddites.
NHRA just now approved the use of fuel injection. Shit has existed since the first diesel engine.
>>15128369
Why would you respond to a baitposter?
>>15128380
Yes and it's 31 years old
Post oil patch
>>15128402
There isn't one because it's not a ducutti.
>tfw 180hp
>>15128419
>Augusta
it's coming, don't worry
So it took 30 years to make another 60?
>>15128459
lol memes
>>15128394
It was top bait man I feel bad now
>>15128484
You can say that again
>>15128391
>NHRA
>>15126549
the reason is that people like to go fast and like to spend money
>yfw bugatto electric with a 3-speed transmission
>>15128496
Waiting to see you go faster than any car in NHRA
>>15128497
>yfw any Tesla made has a one speed transmission
>>15128510
Why would you respond to bait?
>>15127346
It sounds like shit from outside too.
>>15128517
Because of the insatiable need to die
>>15128510
>using NHRA as a base for all road racing
>get laughed at
>HURR LETS SEE U GO FASTER
>>15126100
Because you're a fat sociopathic loser
>>15128550
I'm just sayin bruv
I mean FWD is great at rally. By that logic there's nothing wrong with it (because there isn't)
>>15126100
I do too
>>15128587
No worries mate, that's true. At lower power levels FWD is extremely competitive even compared to AWD. As you start pushing 400hp though FWD vehicles will be at a distinct disadvantage. Horses for courses and all that.
However this conversation was about AWD vs RWD on hard surfaces (IE public roads) as I'm sure nobody rallies their Tesla. Our lad bringing up NHRA as an argument for "motorsport is full of luddites" just gave me a laff. 99% bait anyway
>>15126108
>tfw 30hp shitbox
Step up nigga
23hp motorcycle
Bring it faggots
![1972_Honda_trail_90[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ULT6a3O.jpg "1972_Honda_trail_90[1].jpg")
>>15129267
5 horsepower from factory.
it's 40 years old now
Probably makes about 3
>>15126082
i drive a beat ass 03 rio, 1.6l supposed to be good for like 100hp but no way this thing has that, floor it everywhere just to do the limit, 155kph or so topped out, feels bad,
but hey, 300 dollar car life, better than walking
>>15128670
>As you start pushing 400hp though FWD vehicles will be at a distinct disadvantage
Try 200. AWD is also awful at lower hp to the point where FWD is preferable.
>140hp in 1991
>prehistoric 3-speed automatic
Life is suffering. Manual swap and a low pressure turbo as soon as I'm out of schoool and have a job, which should be just a few months here.
>362 HP
>Still can't pass turbo falcons
Just end my life, I don't have the time or money for sick mawdz.
>>15127504
Terrible advice.
In CA the judge can suspend your license at his discression. If the ticket is high enough, he will. So you can leave with still having to pay the fine and a 30 day suspension.
Happened to me and it sucked.
>>15129497
>turbo falcons
What madness are these made of.
>90 HP Terbodiesel
>redlines at 4k
>350 Nm torks
>easily chugging along in 6th going 60mph at 1.5k RPM without ever lugging the engine, even on hills
>mfw seeing gas cucks rattling to death in their shitboxes at 8k rpm at 60 mph because they don't make power otherwise
>>15126276
>I get to pick the attitude of other drivers on the road
>>15126082
i have a 127hp car i get great gas mileage and never have an issue on the highway, sure ive encountered the typical charger or mustang but if you drive smart your small econobox will fit where they dont and you get ahead then fuck with them when they wanna pass you.
Not really
At 168hp & 1400kg my Merc is actually a bit above what the average car here has, with most people driving diesel Golfs, smaller crossovers, Toyota wagons and whatnot
>>15127429
Nigger the torque is comparable to any 150HP Turbodiesel shitbox made in the last 15 years.
>>15126082
>>15126123
It's funny when people try to do this to motorcycles. Daily a 1000, you see them glancing over at you and going WOT and you can just pass them like they aren't even moving.
>175 HP TDi
Comf.
>165 hp
>1999 legacy gt 4speed auto
>hole in exhaust
>sounds fast, hondas wanna race
>look quick cuz awd
>3rd gear slow as fug
>>15127389
Saw a Hyundai Excel rear end a Toyota Hilux with a towball and overhanging metal tray a few years ago. Was pretty hilarious.
>>15128369
>better mileage
I hope this is a joke
I used to drive an 88hp Mercury Tracer wagon. Slow was an understatement.
>>15130336
Your merc is slow as dick.
Couldn't even pull on my 2 liter fourbanger rated at 150hp
>>15130693
Probably couldn't, but that was not what I was saying either
>>15126376
Do you seriously think they designed the Tesla and forgot to put a transmission in? or that having a transmission would benefit the design but it slipped their mind? The Tesla uses a variable frequency drive to control the amount of power going to the motor.
>>15126411
Before the cameraman keeps saying the bugatti will win, as soon as one pass happens the swedecuck already starts up with his "but this is a car, much more cum-fta-bel" excuses
>you will never put a girl in a vacuum bed and use a Hitachi wand to force her to orgasm
>>15131360
I kinda want to try one
the bed, I mean
>>15126082
No my 160hp with an automatic is fine. I wish I had something fast though because its a boring car
>>15128776
Fuck, you've got me beat with my 36 hp. I'm basically WOT in the highest gear on the feeder road and on the onramp to make 65 mph. I actually come in faster than traffic on the freeway sometimes since I have no idea what speed they're going, just that I need to be going FAST.
>>15126082
>tfw 6 speed with 400hp to the wheels
>>15129326
>AWD is also awful at lower hp to the point where FWD is preferable.
As a 2.5i Subaru owner I can confirm this.
>>15130259
You can buy them for fuck all and then throw 9k~ at some fat faggot with a laptop and a warehouse and he'll make it 1000hp or some stupid bullshit. It's fucking insane what cunts do with that shit.
>>15126411
> girl comes up to me and says "what'cha driven?"
>100hp
>no problem overtaking anyone whenever
You are probably just a massive cuck who's too afraid to go past half throttle.
>drive CVPI
>can do pretty much what I want and people will yield/slow down/move over for me
>no one tries dumb shit around me
>>15127684
>>15127705
>my 160hp hatch is faster than a heavier car with much more power
K
>>15127636
>the chassis is the car
>no such thing as internals, what is trim?
V6 everywhere, sure. 6.4L V8, no
>>15132018
>implying
180hp and 390lbs wet.
I drive this 180hp "chick car" and have no problem overtaking anyone on the highway especially when Lift kicks in yo.
>>15131965
>see CVPI
>riding motorcycle
>do what the fuck i want
or
>see your beardneck
>do what the fuck i want
>>15132034
m8 once that valve timing kicks in Toyotas are banger
>2014 Scion tc
>stomp on pedal in second gear
>no power
>hit 3k RPM
>20 trillion niggawatts in that powerband
>>15132033
What bike?
>>15132156
An MV Agusta F4 with a few thousand dollars poured into it
>>15132081
ok
>>15128374
oh fuck. I had a bike that would randomly slip back into neutral on the 1-2 upshift.
>riding through parking lot
>shift into second, let clutch out
>vvvvvvvvv*slip*VVVVVRRRROOOOO
>everyone staring at me and some even shaking their heads because they think I'm trying to look cool reving my pipsqueak engine to 9,000
God. I hate that bike.
>>15131369
You want to be the girl?
>>15126247
tall gears with lots of torque have a downside to them
the moment the tire looses traction the wheels go nuts and eviscerate the tires
nothing traction control can do about that
>>15132162
God damn. Can't beat that power to weight
>>15132162
What a cuck, could have just bought a fireblade
>>15132214
yes
>>15132222
Quads don't lie.
Not stretched though. Power willies in 2nd gear are fun.
>>15132223
Eh, KBB said $15,000 for it and I got it for $6,000 out the door.
>>15132240
>I got it for $6,000 out the door.
What, what was the catch?
>>15132258
Had to suck his dinky
>>15132258
10k miles on the odometer, a few little cosmetic issues on matte paint which means a repaint, and it needed a new bellypan because the original one had a tiny hole in it.
That's literally it.
>>15132271
That's like a $9k bj there
nice
>>15132271
You didn't already do that you fucking slut?
>>15127275
Civic?
>>15126100
First post best post.
That's the first thing I thought as well.
>>15126100
she really doesn't seem happy about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbypkA34bpM
>>15126221
Torque in a electric motor is inversely proportional with its rpm, but the curve shouldnt be that dramatic after 40 mph, thats Tesla probably having a linear amp limit as speed increases, probably to conserve batteries.
An ECU flash could make that go away
>>15126411
>he turns the camera away as the guy monos past him
>oh... i.. is.. this a... a vent?
117 horsepower. I never pass people because it probably cannot handle it. Flooring it makes loud, doesn't really go.
>>15126276
>Typically I try not to over take children. People who can't handle being passed without their egos getting bruised are people I try to stay away from on the road
yet has the biggest ego of them all lol
![s1000rr-wheelie[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/IoXGVG7.jpg "s1000rr-wheelie[1].jpg")
>>15126082
kek. All cars are slow as fuck anon.
and the ones that are fast are driving by old faggots that dont break 65 mph on the highway because they're afraid they'll break their $400,000+ status symbol
