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PaperclipPerfector  5mo ago (text post)   3161 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 21, 2024

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My favorite car ever was Daewoo Tico. Definitely unsafe, curb weight of 1000 lbs, something like 30-45 hp engine.

Very fast acceleration, you could zoom ahead in cities, only sports cars were faster in getting up to 60 kph.

Very fun and responsive to drive. The shift stick was under my knee as it was built for Koreans.

Still, most fun car I ever drove. Such cars are of course illegal now, because fucking EU and their fucking safety regulations that are totally for our own good. It cost like $4000 new then, but with all the safety baggage cars have you need some 120 kw small turbo in a city car to approximate the performance. And you pay a lot, lot more for it.

curb weight of 1000 lbs

It appears that the Tico's curb weight was 1400 lb, not 1000 lb. But even 1400 lb is a lot lower than the modern Mirage's 2000 lb.

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