You know your car is slow off the line when ...

a Volkswagen Westfalia van accelerates faster!

Lost a street drag in my Sammy once, to a Prius. Nobody broke the speed limit.

I drive a first gen Scion xB. Slow off the line you say?

Yesterday, I was behind a friend of mine in his 2001 Ford Mustang GT. Sitting at the light next to him was a new challenger (dual pipes, so I assume v8) when the light turned green, the Stang squatted, chirped the tyres, and was gone. The Challenger chirped the tyres, chirped again in 2nd, and my Rover was still keeping up

ArthurDent wrote: a Volkswagen Westfalia van accelerates faster!

911 swap?

I had a guy in an Expedition who looked like he was sending a text beat me to a lane squeeze the other day. I had a pretty good launch but he pulled me after the 1-2 shift. I'm pretty sure he didn't know I was trying to beat him. :(

I just got my Vanagon + SVX engine swap running. It is faster off the line than many of the older "sports" cars we are fans of. Wolf in sheep's clothing, pretty fun! The AMG wheels and the grumbling exhaust do make it stick out more than that Westy, though.

Bryce

In reply to Duke:

Nope. I just drive a 220D - just plain slower

A friend just picked up a cheap 240D, automatic. I hope he keeps it long enough for me to get the Yugo back on the road. Then con him into going to grudge night at 131 or Milan. I'm pretty sure I'll blow his doors off.

My 924 in its current state of tune (berkeleying ITBs and MegaSquirt), gets routinely blown away by everything on the road, especially at the lights. So I find diesel vehicles to follow so I don't feel bad holding people up. Vanagons and stock beetles and Prius are good backup choices as well.

I got waxed by a 1st gen Astro van in the Fit. That hurt.

I've seen dump trucks accelerate faster than some cars around here. Can't tell if they're empty or loaded.

2003 TDi wagon... 3300 lb car with 90 bhp... 323K miles ago... let's just say I chose my stop light opponents carefully... usually by lulling them into thinking I'm not trying to get in front of them. Because usually if they do decide they want to be in front of me, there's usually not much I can do about it.

I opened this thread expecting to see a commentary on the start of the Baltimore Grand Prix....

Tired 305 in a 180k mile 1500 pickup...yeah, I know from slow off the line.

mad_machine wrote: Yesterday, I was behind a friend of mine in his 2001 Ford Mustang GT. Sitting at the light next to him was a new challenger (dual pipes, so I assume v8) when the light turned green, the Stang squatted, chirped the tyres, and was gone. The Challenger chirped the tyres, chirped again in 2nd, and my Rover was still keeping up

and haven't you told us how slow your Rover is .... ?

92 Volvo wagon won't spin the tire in dirt on take off

Im listening to some of the cars people are bringing up here and thinking "You dont know what slow is!".

But the 220d is legit. That is legitimately, horrendously slow off the line.

Most pedestrians will beat the old Land Rover. But they'll get tired eventually and Basil will just keep going.

My 87 4Runner is startlingly quick off the line. I plug people all the time. But it runs out of steam at 75. 4.10 factory gears will do that.

My XJ Cherokee is surprisingly quick off the line. I've taken a couple people by surprise.