zerocover

Slowest ie worst accel, feels slowest, protege this thing is terreble I get passed by suburbans, and other such socker moms in there gigantic suvs. But she is just so cool so I cant give up on her, need naws now.

Slowerst top speed, 89 vw jetta it had trouble breaking 60 and there everything was shaking when you would lift off the gass it was like hitting a brick wall. Crazy deceleration. Then again when the pros maf went it also had trouble breaking 60 but the jetta did totaly tore it up to 60.

This thread might be dead but its not bad.

MyZmZm

1) 1979 diesel VW Rabbit. No power steering or brakes, and you might crack 100km/hr going down hill, in - I kid you not - Psychedelic Green (original factory paint). Or as we called it, Puke Green or Shitbox Green. Yeah it was frugal, but not fun to drive and didn't handle very well either, at least to me.

2) 1985 diesel Ford Escort - yes, diesel. This thing was looser in gear than it should have been out of gear, was in a minor rollover (before we got it) and had tried to push a semi out of the way (thank goodness there was no fan!). You could feel the wind through the back passenger door (the body was half rusted), and when accelerating, the "Little Engine That Could" motto kept going through your mind - I think I can, I think I can. But, it had torque to no end, could plow through the deepest snow drifts like butter, and the engine never quit - call me stupid, I still miss this car!

kargoboy

Slowest I ever owned:

1978 Datsun B210 wagon (auto)
1982 Corolla hatchback coupe (also auto)

Actually, they were my wife's but damn, they were SLOW.

I think juddz wins this contest, though, that VW bus is one of the slowest vehicles ever.

juddz

....funny that the 59 microbus tends also to be one of the finest ways to travel. You do your daily front drum brake adjustment over a morning cup of coffee, get her started up, and head on out. Turning up the radio full blast, you can make out what song is playing over the din of the engine, but only sometimes. And, you may end up holding a valve spring retainer key in place with butter as you do a vavle job on the road (been there, done that). Hell, you might even have a chipped gear in the transmission, and every time the chipped tooth gets kicked up between the gears, the engine stalls and the whole thing comes to a skidding, shuddering halt. That part was not so humerous, when it happened on an on-ramp near Redding, CA. The narrow tires smoked worse than Dennis Leary before a job interview. But hey, no prob - start it up, row through the gears, stick her in reverse, and work the broken tooth loose before starting out again. Yup, life is slow and unusual in a 59 microbus. Maybe that's why the Love generation liked them so much.

JDM-P5

Honda Life 1971
produced from 1971 ()
GENERAL
Body type
Drive
Transmission
Displacement, cc 356
Frame
Price of new car, thousands yen (Tokyo area) 443 (~$3600)

SPECIFICATION (SPECS)
EXTERIOR

Exterior dimensions (LxWxH), mm 2995 x 1295 x 1340
Interior dimensions (LxWxH), mm
Wheel base, mm 2080
Treads (F/R), mm
Ground clearance, mm
Curb vehicle weight, kg 520
Gross vehicle weight, kg
Seating capacity, persons 4
Doors number
Min.turning radius, m
Fuel tank capacity, l

ENGINE

Displacement, cc 356
Engine model
Max.power (Net), kw(PS)/rpm 30/8000
Max.torque(Net), N*m(kg*m)/rpm 2.9/6000
Power density
Engine type
Engine information
Fuel system
Turbocharger
Fuel type
LEV system (Low emission vehicle)
Compression ratio
Bore, mm
Stroke, mm
Final gear ratio
Fuel consumption at 10-15 modes, l/100km
Fuel consumption at 60 km/h, l/100km

Beat that guys!