On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:00:46 GMT, "punk-tilous" > wrote:

>
>"John H" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:54:44 GMT, "punk-tilous" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>The article claims..
>>>The male driver of a V6-powered Mustang, with its 210-horsepower engine,
>>>clearly has "enough" power. Probably more than enough.
>>>
>>>Having just rented a V-6 Mustang at Ontario airport recently, I can
>>>honestly
>>>say that there were many situations, as I was driving to Rancho Mirage,
>>>that
>>>the car was seriously underpowered and so I totally disagree with the
>>>"more
>>>than enough" assertion.
>>>
>> Could you embellish on the occasions when the V-6 was seriously
>> underpowered? My
>> neighbor took me for a ride in his, and it seemed very peppy (not quite as
>> peppy
>> as my GT though).
>> --
>> John H
>>
>> "All decisions are the result of binary thinking."
>
>One example was on the freeway going about 65MPH. Whenever I would try to
>pass someone in the fast lane, it just didn't have enough power or torque
>and it took a while to finish the pass. The last Mustang owned was an 88
>with the venerable cast-iron 5.0 engine and it supposedly had 200HP but it
>was certainly more peppy than this 200HP V-6. During city driving, it was
>extremely quick off the line from a stop but at about 35 to 40MPH, it seemed
>to hit a dead spot and became unresponsive for a bit. Perhaps, it was just
>the gearing since it was an automatic.
>

Wonder if the rental company put a governor on it? The neighbor's is a little
screamer. I was surprised how quick it was, even with the automatic.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."