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Undeserved reputation for being 'slow'? 200

posted by  someone claiming to be philip bradley on  Sat Jan 5 01:36 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Depends on how you define "slow." Your definition of slow is not being able to keep up with traffic. I agree that the 240 passes that test. After that, what is slow and what is fast becomes very subjective. You admit that you have not driven many, if any, supposedly fast cars such as domestic V8 sports cars. So your "fast" reference would vary from that of those who have driven supposedly fast cars. To you, the 240 probably does have an undeserved reputation for being slow.

To me, it is deserved. I have driven cars that I consider slow such as an automatic 6 cylinder Plymouth Volare Wagon and cars that I consider fast such as a Porsche 911 SC. But I do find perfectly acceptable for daily driving a stock intercooled 240 Turbo or a stock 740/760/780/940 Turbo, although they are not as fast as I like in stock form.

Philip Bradley






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