Found this for sale here in town. So this is what the Brit's use as police cars? What do the meter maids use? Pogo sticks?
You just reminded of the car driven by campus security at the university near where I used to live. It was one of these. But yellow... you know, to seem more threatening. Oh yeah, and the Prince Rupert bylaw enforcement truck: Us Canadians sure know how to intimidate
Yes, that is what the police use. Although bare in mind that traffic police drive higher performance vehicles such as Volvo's and BMW's. You can find out pretty much everything here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_vehicles_in_the_United_Kingdom
We separate our regular police who deal with say domestic call outs from our traffic police dealing with highway pursuits. Our bog standard police do indeed use such vehicles. But highway police are usually high end volvos, BMWs, even some evos and WRX STIs
You know what mystifies me? Why manufacturers sometimes intentionally nerf their engines, despite having no clear reason to do so. One example I've heard of is one of the older Opel Astras - the hatchback had 105 HP, the station wagon had 110. This disparity could easily be remedied by reprogramming the engine computer and breaking off a little plastic tab that partially blocked the intake on hatchback models. Let me repeat that. The hatchback had the same exact engine as the wagon, just with the intake and computer code messed up on purpose to make it slower. By an amount so small that the difference is impossible to feel and is probably margin of error in an actual test of acceleration. Just... why? The only thing I can think of is the hatchback engine is cleaner or more economical by just enough to beat some arbitrary regulatory target in one of the markets where it was sold, because otherwise this makes zero freaking sense.
My dad has a 67 Firebird with the 400ci. Pontiac designed the throttle linkage on the Firebird's 4 barrel carb in such a way that doesn't let the secondaries open fully, thus making the engine a little less powerful. The 400 they put in the GTO's secondaries would open fully. The purpose of this was to make the Firebird a little slower than the GTO, because the GTO was their biggest, fastest top of the line car at the time. He jiggered with it a bit when he first bought it back in the 80s so it'll let the secondaries open fully.
Perhaps internally they targeted a certain power to weight ratio, so since the wagon would be heavier they gave it a little extra power to compensate. Perhaps they were trying to give both cars the same performance specs in terms of 0-60 and top speed across the range. Maybe it is just to optimise emissions or fuel economy, maybe to make the engines last longer by under running them where possible. At the end of the day it is a Vauxhaul/Opel, driving experience doesn't come first with them, making a car that is inoffensive to anyone in order to have as much mass appeal as possible with high economy and practicality is pretty much their goal. Interestingly one theory my driving instructor had was that people who pass and drive naff economy cars (like a Corsa) tend to crash because the cars don't handle very well, I imagine this isn't the case any more (if it ever was but it is certainly believable) since most modern cars seem to meet a fairly decent benchmark. Instead he recommended cars that in his eyes had better handling such as Honda's and other Japanese brands. However he is also a big Honda fan so his views were likely biased in that regard, but to be honest from doing all of my lessons in a Honda Jazz/Fit I can see why. Plus since they have a perception of being old people cars (the Jazz/Fit that is) the insurance should be lower than what traditional "my first cars" tend to get.
It only dosent make sense to you because your not a monkey suit wearing bureaucrat. Honda did it to the f4i after 2003 when the 600rr came out. Couldn't have the sport touring bike be as quick as the focused track killer. Im more pissed about jdm cars getting nerfed in the states.
I don't understand what you're saying here. Are you frustrated? Did I say something wrong? Does ci not mean cubic inch? Do only Ford or Mopar make engines with ci's in them, thus making it blasphemous to say a gm car is fitted with one of these ci-equipped engines? Did I misspell Firebird? Are you frustrated by my lack of capitalization of the car's name? Or are you expressing your lust towards the car? Should I elaborate on its story, tell where it came from or how he got it? Should I provide pics? I'm really at a loss.
A Honda on stock suspension is hardly a car I'd write home about in terms of compliance and handling. I'm on cheap "stock suspension" and I don't think I'd be able to beat you in that fit to be honest unless it's a drag race. The newer Honda's like the fit probably (test drove one) are much better to drive than a 90s predecessor, so I'm inclined to agree with you on that. I still believe the vast majority of accidents happen due to people being complacent behind the wheel. I'm not exempt from this. Sometimes ill be driving tired and it will take all my willpower to keep focused on the road. Throw in a diy alignment after putting a new rack in and all of a sudden I feel as though I'm drinking and driving even tho I just need a nap. Planning ahead while driving is as important to overall safety as being able to make the required inputs at the right time. Brain fade is worse than brake fade. Stay sharp out there and the rest is up to quantum fluctuations.
Just found this for sale on FB. '72 W200 Power Wagon, 440 with a 727TF and a 203 with 65,000 original miles, And he's asking $4,000, only thing it needs is a rear bumper.
buy et. Few reasons. 1) that color. 2) carry your tools in it so when your other trucks break, or your friends trucks break, you can fix them. 3)that body style looks effing amazing.
Just found my old insurance papers and discovered an excellent example of how governments love to word things in hilarious ways.
