Sonata Gas Mileage?

No kidding, but that isn't what you said.

Matt

You know exactly what I meant though

No, I thought you meant what you wrote.

Matt

Matt Whiting wrote in news:9Cpzh.2616$Oc.157790 @news1.epix.net:

Imagine if the 6 had a MT available? Then we wouldn't be having this discussion really, or maybe we would :-)

I know my car has ZERO torque at the rear wheels :-P Yes, I know it was a typo.

But then we should throw diesels in the mix when talking torque, right? And you should probably ammend the last sentence anyway. I would admit that there are a FEW 4's that out-torque a FEW 6's, but not many, and certainly not "lots".

Eric

Probably not. :-)

Although, I have to admit that I'm more than happy with the power of the four and I did buy this car mainly for cheap transportation to work that got good fuel economy. When I'm ready for performance, I will buy a Vette. :-)

Your rear brakes don't work? :-)

Yes, when I think of cars and performance my mind automatically goes to RWD as all real performance cars are RWD.

Yes, a performance oriented diesel is pretty amazing. Even more amazing are electric motors. A friend had an EV-1 for several years and that car would smoke anything from 0-35 or so. He used to have fun with the yuppies and their BMW and Porsches. They never knew what hit them. The only problem was wheelspin...

Matt

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Hmmmmm... I must be slow this weekend. I still can't see how the comments from Eric and myself warranted the "OK, let's get real here". I guess I just don't understand how what you were trying to say, fit into what Eric and I had just said.

Therein lies the difference, I believe. Speaking only for myself, I wanted an automatic because that's what my wife prefers. I'd be happy with a standard, but the Sonata is her car. The 4 cylinders I drove with an automatic were something to be ashamed of in my opinion. Comparing a standard transmission 4 cylinder to an automatic transmission 6 cylinder is somewhat foolish. Compare like transmissions in both engine styles if you want to talk about something meaningful.

I can Tom, but that because as I said very early on - I just like that feeling of the acceleration getting up to those cruising speeds.

I did. Cubic inches will always come out ahead. Add-ons are just that and can be applied to any engine, You still need cubic inches. A given turbocharger is a small block is not going to give the power that you can get from a big block. Interpret how you wish, but bigger is better. Number of cylinders means far less than the number of cubic inches. I'd agree that the big four is better than a tiny six.

Yeah, but I've got to watch my ass though. My last three cars totaled

Ed, you are so far wrong on this topic that I'm not even going to bother discussing it further.

Matt

Right, there is nothing to discuss. The more cubic inches the more potential power