Re: Toyota Yaris?

You are confused. It is torque that gets vehicle going, and keeps it going
on a grade, not horsepower. Horsepower it what produces speed. Even a
small four can go 100 MPH, but it takes torque at the proper RPMs, to keep
it going that fast up a grade


mike hunt


"Dutch" <no@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Horsepower @ 6000 RPM is available for accelerating for passing and
maneuvering. Horsepower is not needed for cruising. The 2007 Yaris in my
two-day experience has excellent HP/weight ratio, a very responsive little
city runabout. I am comparing it to my 2000 Civic hatchback, a light car
with similiar HP. I did a few 100 k/hr turns on the freeway also, and
those were fine also. It's not road-noisy.




"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You are not a math major I presume? Hint; my cars run at around 1,500
RPM at 55 MPH LOL


mike hunt


"Norm De Plume" <norm_de_plume@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mike Hunter wrote:

What does that prove? A diesel that rarely runs more than 2,500 will
easily go a 1,000,000 miles with proper maintainance. ;)

Small engines in cars made in the past 10-20 years usually cruise at
well below 3,000 RPM, and I doubt their longevities differ much from
those of much larger auto engines.

That my be what you believe but most larger V6 and V8 engines cruse at
half
that many RPMs. If I ran my cars at 3K I would be doing over 100 MPH
;)

"Well below 3,000 RPM." How many is half as many RPMs as well below
3,000?







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