underpowered cars

[OTEP]

4D56 TDIC only makes 99 bhp. Yes its slow as a glacier. Pero mabagal din naman ako magdrive kaya bale wala sakin yun. And when it does reach crusing speed (around 120kph on the NLEX), it can comfortably maintain that speed. I have no problems keeping up with metro traffic so long as I drive within the optimum areas of the powerband.

Siguro sanayan lang 'yan. I've been driving 'underpowered' cars since I stared driving (72bhp Pajero, 80bhp Benz, 105bhp MB100, 99bhp Pajero, 70bhp Besta, etc.).

And with the kind of traffic we have, having a small engine makes economical sense.

[fakesaint]

4D56 TDIC only makes 99 bhp. Yes its slow as a glacier. Pero mabagal din naman ako magdrive kaya bale wala sakin yun. And when it does reach crusing speed (around 120kph on the NLEX), it can comfortably maintain that speed. I have no problems keeping up with metro traffic so long as I drive within the optimum areas of the powerband.

Siguro sanayan lang 'yan. I've been driving 'underpowered' cars since I stared driving (72bhp Pajero, 80bhp Benz, 105bhp MB100, 99bhp Pajero, 70bhp Besta, etc.).

And with the kind of traffic we have, having a small engine makes economical sense.

i wonder why yung paj.95 namin that we traded with kimps trooper ay na piston ring na raw at 128k km. pa lang...e alaga naman sa change oil n p.m.s yng paj. namin...sbi nila d trooper daw can outlast d engine of d pajero threefolds & 1 of d reasons is underpowered ang pajero...any input on this sir? what went wrong kaya....

[Macky]

4D56 TDIC only makes 99 bhp. Yes its slow as a glacier. Pero mabagal din naman ako magdrive kaya bale wala sakin yun. And when it does reach crusing speed (around 120kph on the NLEX), it can comfortably maintain that speed. I have no problems keeping up with metro traffic so long as I drive within the optimum areas of the powerband.

Siguro sanayan lang 'yan. I've been driving 'underpowered' cars since I stared driving (72bhp Pajero, 80bhp Benz, 105bhp MB100, 99bhp Pajero, 70bhp Besta, etc.).

And with the kind of traffic we have, having a small engine makes economical sense.

My sentiments exactly.... I've owned 3.5L SOHC VTEC engines (2001 MDX and 1999 Odyssey), a 2.4L DOHC i-VTEC (2002 CR-V EX), a 2.2L SOHC (1996 Odyssey), a 2.5L DOHC V6 (1990 Lexus ES250), and a 1.7 VTEC (2000 Civic EX). My 1.6L APV does not seem to be underpowered compared to those mentioned above. Siguro kung sa US pa ko nakatira, UNDERPOWERED sya. You also need to figure in the location kung saan mo itatakbo ang sasakyan mo. And I've driven my APV for 5K kms para i-qualify yung observations ko. Yabang kasi yung umiiral sa iba sa atin.

[empy]

I've owned 3.5L SOHC VTEC engines (2001 MDX and 1999 Odyssey), a 2.4L DOHC i-VTEC (2002 CR-V EX), a 2.2L SOHC (1996 Odyssey), a 2.5L DOHC V6 (1990 Lexus ES250), and a 1.7 VTEC (2000 Civic EX). My 1.6L APV does not seem to be underpowered compared to those mentioned above. Siguro kung sa US pa ko nakatira, UNDERPOWERED sya. You also need to figure in the location kung saan mo itatakbo ang sasakyan mo.

agree...diyan kasi you only have to get from 20-40 to 60-80 kph when getting on the highway. in the US you have to get from 50 kph to 105 kph while merging into traffic that's going 120.

the cars around you also make a difference. if 80% of traffic are 4-bangers also, it's not too bad. but if half the cars on the road are V6 or V8's, then marami ngan maiinip sa yo