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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car
« on: 25 March 2024, 16:13:03 »picks its heels up when asked.All things are relative. I consider 150bhp to be a sluggish dog . Maybe when I'm (even) older....
The traffic must behave very differently in Brackley than it does here; a tired 2.0l Capri(100bhp claimed) easily keeps up with any traffic in Medway without any effort. Just like they always did.
150bhp 2.0l - Vauxhall's XE was probably the first mass-market one - were becoming more common in the late 80s, but I'd suggest that the more traditional 100bhp 8valve ones(like Pintos etc) were still in the majority. 150bhp does have to work much harder than it used to, when you consider the sheer bulk of most modern cars.