Hilarious episode with a beemer

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Mrs 3BM's got a VW Up with a 3-cylinder 60bhp engine, I think it's quite nippy.

The Fiat Panda I used to own generated a blistering 45 bhp.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The Fiat Panda I used to own generated a blistering 45 bhp.

The VW has a zero tax rating so can be categorised as a bicycle or something, your Fiat probably produced the same amount of gunge as a Chinese power station. Anyway I just looked up the spec for the VW and it has a 0 - 60 of 14.4 seconds, so it's actually quicker than the 550 car mentioned earlier as that needs 5 ltrs to get to 60 in 5 seconds whereas the VW equivalent would be 0 - 60 in 2.88 seconds as it's a 1 litre, see.

 

[Archie_tect]

Mrs A_T's Polo has the same engine... it's a great car too.

 

[GrasB]

[QUOTE 3079259, member: 45"]No, banging on about how powerful your cars are in Clarkson-speak.[/QUOTE]
So one can't make a comparison about 2 cars on performance v's noise v's task specific functionality... there's a word for that - stupidity

Mrs 3BM's got a VW Up with a 3-cylinder 60bhp engine, I think it's quite nippy.

Not at 1 mile up it's not, in fact it needs its engining revving hard to do most things once your over town speeds. It's a useful town car but then again if you seriously want a nippy car start looking a smaller electrics.

[QUOTE 3079507, member: 259"]Have you tried it on the ice? [/QUOTE]
Not yet. Still would need to be revved though. There's no reason not to run high revs on snow & ice if you approach it correctly, i.e. very smoothly.

The VW has a zero tax rating so can be categorised as a bicycle or something, your Fiat probably produced the same amount of gunge as a Chinese power station. Anyway I just looked up the spec for the VW and it has a 0 - 60 of 14.4 seconds, so it's actually quicker than the 550 car mentioned earlier as that needs 5 ltrs to get to 60 in 5 seconds whereas the VW equivalent would be 0 - 60 in 2.88 seconds as it's a 1 litre, see.

Epic 'man maths' fail you've achieved there. If you dropped an extra tonne on an UP you'd be seeing something around 20-25s 0-60

EDIT: you'd need a 3.5-3.7l engine with the same specific output as the 60bhp UP to get to 60 in 5 seconds, assuming perfect traction off the line. The 550i is a 4.4l V8... which considering the car is double the weight, has about the same aero drag actually shows how efficent it is for such a big engine. Also the car is actually faster than BMWs figures, BMW figures seem to be based on having 35-50% load capacity

 

[Archie_tect]

...the beauty of an UP is you don't need to have the extra tonne of engine block to get around or the cash to buy all the extra fuel.

 

[GrasB]

...the beauty of an UP is you don't need to have the extra tonne of engine block to get around or the cash to buy all the extra fuel.

Which is fine if all you need is a little car to take a few things here and there. It's no good if you want to tow up to 1.5 tonns & or carry 400kg of stuff in the boot

 

[GrasB]

[QUOTE 3079795, member: 30090"]I've raced and beaten cars from a standing start in a truck. The tractor unit on it's own without a trailer boasting a 480BHP engine and roughly 2000NM's of torque is meaning I'm leaving your arse behind.[/QUOTE]
Diesel torque is great, shame we were slowly killing the Alfa's engine. If you want torque in a petrol you end up with big power

 

[Bollo]

...the beauty of an UP is you don't need to have the extra tonne of engine block to get around or the cash to buy all the extra fuel.

But, back to the OP (remember that?) how intimating would it be to be stalked by an UP?

 

[Archie_tect]

Which is fine if all you need is a little car to take a few things here and there. It's no good if you want to tow up to 1.5 tonns & or carry 400kg of stuff in the boot

You need a VW Cabby van. SWB or LWB.. like a Polo but more space then you don't need the trailer and it still does 60mpg.... most of the time!

 

[GrasB]

But, back to the OP (remember that?) how intimating would it be to be stalked by an UP?

Very if you're 2" from the rear bumper... well until they brake

 

[GrasB]

You need a VW Cabby van. SWB or LWB.. like a Polo but more space then you don't need the trailer and it still does 60mpg.... most of the time!

Not really good enough either... I'll not go on but after trying to go smaller/cheaper & kept on coming back to the 5er GT as the car which ticked all the boxes.

 

[swansonj]

I've actually now given up trying to work out who is being serious and who is taking the piss in this thread.

 

[GrasB]

[QUOTE 3079842, member: 30090"]A Beemer? You have no style or class - Audi A5 all the way.[/QUOTE]
No a little TT... just scaled up to the same size as the 5er GT... oh it's not little anymore

 

[fossyant]

He needs a bike if the car does struggle up a mountain... simple. Let the minions move the kit.

PS @GrasB are you not Grew from Despicable Me.

Lov ya... Can we have a minion

 

[GrasB]

PS @GrasB are you not Grew from Despicable Me.

<<-- the look of someone who has no clue to whom Grew is or any comprehension as to the origins of this Despicable Me