car and driver TV review: 2005 RL

[mike h]

it has a 300HP/260TQ V-TEC V-6. you think it would be AT LEAST in the 14's with a trap around 95-100. WRONG. CDTV was so amazed with its proformance and its amazing quarter time of 15.2 at 92 MPH. stock camaros with a few hundred dollars in them that are 10 years old could match that. i know that the RL has a bunch of other nice stuff incorporated but its not worth $49k.

[95fbirdkid]

i dont think the people buying the RL are the people that are gonna be out racing them at the track or on the street. compairing it to a fbody is compairing apples to oranges

[mike h]

but you still think the 300 HP would help it put out better times, ya know? it is supposed to be a luxury sports car.

[BiH]

well havent you seen a 300hp luxury car running slow before [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[BLLDOGG]

just cause something has 300HP doesnt mean its going to be putting down big numbers. there are sooo many things involved like torque management, RPM shifter limiters, gears, power curve....everything

[Fusion]

You have to remember sometimes they don't know how to drive [img]smile.gif[/img] I'm sure that car will be good for 14's. The TL is already a 14sec car.

[FireFighter]

Its a heavy family sedan and its AWD.

[malice10985]

Since when did HP amount to ****? Am I on a honda board?

It is a heavy car, and it only has 260 lbft of TORQUE.

Remember that HP is nothing more than a funtion of torque x rpm /5252. SInce the torque variable in that equation in wussy, they rely on sky high RPM to make thier 300-on-paper HP. Typical crapanese engineering.

Stock v6 camaros with a few hundred $ in mods that are 10 years old can easily make 260 lbft of torque.

[mike h]

posted by malice10985:
I have no Idea what's going on.

hahahaah
but yeah i got it now.

[F1GT]

Originally posted by malice10985:

Remember that HP is nothing more than a funtion of torque x rpm /5252.

<cough>5250<cough> ;)

[Dojo2000]

Originally posted by F1GT:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by malice10985:

Remember that HP is nothing more than a funtion of torque x rpm /5252.

&lt;cough&gt;5250&lt;cough&gt; ;) </font>[/QUOTE]*cough*5252*cough*

[shock_core]

Originally posted by Dojo2000:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by F1GT:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by malice10985:

Remember that HP is nothing more than a funtion of torque x rpm /5252.

&lt;cough&gt;5250&lt;cough&gt; ;) </font>[/QUOTE]*cough*5252*cough* </font>[/QUOTE]*cough*666*cough*

[dmw319]

hahaha

[malice10985]

*cough*this thread now has the intellectual level of dried vaginal excrement*cough*

[mike h]

let this thread die!!