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An eleven second 0-60 isn't abominable. You can easily keep up with 90% of the traffic on the road, being SUVs and such.
The problem is when you end up in one of two areas: The first is the area of the Trend Pixie. They're (self) important so they're always in a hurry in their '00 Jetta. Then the other place you're too slow is in pickemup truck territory, 'specially in Union Yes northern IL and Southern WI. Then you've got every Hank Buttcrack in the vicinity crawling up your backside.
Funny, either Ford pickups are slow, or they are driven by more mature people. They're never on my ass. But the Dodges and Chevrolets... that's a different story. But that is beside the point.
The other real problem with the standard trans cars is WHAT you have to do to them to get the fires lit. You have to dump the clutch between shifts because the flywheel is a gigantic lump, way overweight. And you have to rev it until the bolts start loosening up on everything bolted to the engine.
All told, though, the car CAN hold it's own. It's just noisy and irritating to make it keep up wiht traffic.
On the highway, it's a different story. Unless there's a massive headwind with the A/C on, you should have no problem whatsoever. I don't. Personally I think the 240 5-speed makes a sucky city car. But as a highway car, it isn't the worst.
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Chris Herbst, near Chicago, IL. 93 940, 91 240, 90 240, 88 740, 87 240
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