Originally Posted By: The Critic
0-60 does not give you the entire story about day-to-day performance. You do not treat the gas pedal as an on/off switch during your commute. You can have vehicles with similar 0-60 times that feel completely different in part throttle conditions due to differences in low-end torque and transmission programming.
Yes, I agree with that. To me, a car being "a dog" means you're giving it everything it has and it's just not going anywhere. Like my old '95 Nissan 4x4 truck with the 4-cylinder. It was objectively "slow".
0-60 does not give you the entire story about day-to-day performance. You do not treat the gas pedal as an on/off switch during your commute. You can have vehicles with similar 0-60 times that feel completely different in part throttle conditions due to differences in low-end torque and transmission programming.
Yes, I agree with that. To me, a car being "a dog" means you're giving it everything it has and it's just not going anywhere. Like my old '95 Nissan 4x4 truck with the 4-cylinder. It was objectively "slow".