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Off Topic - Why do americans need such big cars???
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There are many people who buy a big SUV just to own that type of vehicle, and never really use the capacity and power. <br /> <br />I own a V6 car, and it is very powerful and nice to drive. I didn't want a four cylinder because they are too slow when passing. I don't really need the v6, but it is only 2.7L and it gets 30mpg in a 4500 lb car. Not bad. <br /> <br />My last vehicle was a toyota truck. It had the 4 cylinder 22r-e engine. I had slightly bigger tires, but only maybe an inch or two bigger. It did not have enough power. I had to hold the pedal down most of the way to cruise at 70. Any hills required dropping a gear and not being able to drive 55. <br /> <br />Maybe they rate horsepower different over there. They rate the engine horsepower here, not the power to the ground. Drawbar HP on a tractor is an example of this. My car has a 200 HP engine, and a JD 4020 puts out about 100. On paper, my car is much more powerful. Try hooking them up end to end. Even if my car had enough traction, the tractor would easily drag it backwards. Part of this is gearing, but power is work divided by time. A tractor might pull something that weighs 50,000 lbs 5 feet in one second. This would be the same as a 5,000 lb object moving 50 feet in one second, so it should all relate back to each other.
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