I know this isn't a sports car or performance car, by any stretch of the imagination, but I expected almost 200hp from a small lightweight car to be a bit more responsive than it is. WOT from a dig (no tire spin), it barely out-accelerates grandma with her walker to 60, and I can honestly say I don't feel any difference between 1/2 throttle and wide-open. A nice 1-2 shift at 6k rpm WOT elicited a small bark-bark of the front tires. It made me giggle, because I expected more.
On one hand, I'm happy, because I'll be teaching my oldest daughter to drive with this car and eventually it will become her first car, but on the other hand, I'm saddened. Yea, I have a couple other vehicles that are my play toys, and for a daily commuter car, this is plenty good enough (getting 26mpg mixed highway/city in hilly terrain, and not driving it for the stellar fuel economy results).
Is this just typical of this vehicle, and I should just get used to it?
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2014 Dart GT - True Blue Pearl 6spd manual - fully loaded
2005 RAM 1500 4x4 - 250k miles and still going
1984 Capri RS - 5.0L Coyote Twin Turbo project
1979 Capri RS - built 306 & T5 with a little spray
On one hand, I'm happy, because I'll be teaching my oldest daughter to drive with this car and eventually it will become her first car, but on the other hand, I'm saddened. Yea, I have a couple other vehicles that are my play toys, and for a daily commuter car, this is plenty good enough (getting 26mpg mixed highway/city in hilly terrain, and not driving it for the stellar fuel economy results).
Is this just typical of this vehicle, and I should just get used to it?
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2014 Dart GT - True Blue Pearl 6spd manual - fully loaded
2005 RAM 1500 4x4 - 250k miles and still going
1984 Capri RS - 5.0L Coyote Twin Turbo project
1979 Capri RS - built 306 & T5 with a little spray