A colleague of mine was astonished that her aging-but-still-reliable '96 Toyota Corolla had trouble ascending the relatively steep pitches of the Greater New Orleans Bridge when she had to go to the West Bank of the river recently. She managed to get to 47 mph by downshifting her automatic tranny; but then everyone else on the bridge, SUV drivers and others, thinks driving here is a sort of 3-D version of Grand Theft Auto, and she found herself a hazard to navigation.
The Corolla of that year apparently has 105hp. My old '84 Ford Escort was even more underpowered, but I don't recall having trouble navigating the bridge. (Of course that was in '88 to '91. Back then SUVs were not so prevalent and the West Bank was less overpopulated.) Is it possible her Corolla needs a tuneup, or is this normal for a 20-year-old economy car?
The Corolla of that year apparently has 105hp. My old '84 Ford Escort was even more underpowered, but I don't recall having trouble navigating the bridge. (Of course that was in '88 to '91. Back then SUVs were not so prevalent and the West Bank was less overpopulated.) Is it possible her Corolla needs a tuneup, or is this normal for a 20-year-old economy car?