<VV> Monza vs. Honda fun!

[Eric S. Eberhard]

I always love the posts because there is so much fantasy in them :-)

A 2006 Honda Civic (an economy car) does zero-60 in 7.2 seconds and 
gets 31mpg and has 200hp while not weighing a lot more than a Corvair 
(2800 lbs).

A Dodge Neon SRT (hopped up economy car) manages 5.6 seconds zero-60.

Honda Accord, 6.7 seconds.  Hyundai Elantra, 8.0 seconds, Toyota 
Camry, 7.6 seconds, VW 4 cyl Jetta 7.1 seconds.

Mini vans (soccer moms): Honda Odyssey, 8.5 seconds, Nissan Quest, 
8.2 seconds, etc.

The stinking hybrids are between 10 and 11 seconds 0-60.  These are 
about the slowest thing you can now find.  The fastest is apparently 
the new Bughatti, at 2.5 seconds!!!!

The best I can find for a Corvair (and would be a turbo) is 10-11 second range.

Meaning in most situations it is highly unlikely that a stock Corvair 
will beat ANY modern car at 0-60 including hybrids, pickups, 
mini-vans, and economy cars.

I certainly would not bet my pink slip on a drag race with much of 
anything modern.

Can you find documented evidence of any new Honda that is slower than 
a Corvair -- especially any "performance" oriented Honda?

At 09:57 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
>Hello Corvair friends,
>
>Beautiful saturday in Salt Lake City today.  Should be all snow and
>ice...but instead 51 degrees.  Decided to uncover the vair after 3
>months of restful winter sleep.
>
>Took the cover off...fired right up..headed to the store.  Successful
>trip to Lowes then the fun began.  To come home I got on the onramp,
>two lanes wide.  Next to me was a new Honda Accord..we were going neck
>to neck about 10 miles an hour accelerating toward the freeway.  I
>decided that it was time to "clean the secondaries out" (been sitting
>in the garage to long, right?) so I punched it.  To my surprise the
>Honda decided that he would too!
>
>The acceleration was a blast, speed at the merge on to the freeway was
>80 mph, the Honda....several car lengths behind me.
>
>PURE JOY!
>
>Wayne Broadhead
>1966 Marina Blue Monza with Honda eating 140/ 4 speed.
>Bonneville Corvair Club
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