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NightOwl_man

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Am I the only one who gets a kick out of watching those crazy test drive videos? You know, the ones where they really push the car to its limits? Anyway, I saw someone here raving about the instant torque of the VF8, and I gotta say, they hit the nail on the head. Coming from gas guzzlers, that electric punch is an absolute game-changer. It's like you're strapped to a rocket ship every time you hit the pedal. Pure exhilaration!
 
I love the torque. Makes ICE vehicles feel so damned laggy...

... like you have to push on the gas, which pulls on a rod, then wait for a little flap to move somewhere inside a carburetor, adjust some fuel mix, which eventually gets sucked through some manifolds, into some cylinders, which can now squeeze, bang, blow, wheeze a few more times per second, advancing some timing mechanism, dragging some big heavy flywheel, working its way through some oil-pumping auto transmission, pulling a series of cogs and eventually, several seconds later, getting to the rubber on the road and fiiiiinallllly going where you told it... Oh, after probably a few gear changes with associated torque drop-outs...

... vs EVs, where you floor it and OH EM GO, like a bat out of hell, from zero to <cough> the speed limit (and definitely not 1% more, honest officer) </cough> before you dare to blink 😁

Yup. Those petrolheads who think EVs are like "appliances", no fun... have clearly never driven a real EV... or had any real fun! :rolleyes:
 

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