What is the Slowest car you've ever driven. Or owned?
12-13-2007, 02:59 PM
#42
Melting Slicks
My brother's ex-wife had one of those. They were dangerously slow. By far the slowest driven.My slowest owned was an 85' Shelby Charger Turbo that still did around 0-60 in7 flat stock. Each purchase has gotten faster from there.
12-13-2007, 03:00 PM
#43
Drifting
94 Geo Prizm
12-13-2007, 03:02 PM
#44
Melting Slicks
I had a 1960 Ford Falcon with the base 144 CI six and 85 gross horsepower. "Gross" could be considered a pun in this context. Even with the 3-on-the-tree transmission, it was sloooooow. 0-60 was best measured with an egg timer. 
12-13-2007, 03:02 PM
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The slowest car I ever owned would probably be a 1960 Studebaker Lark 6-cylinder automatic. It had the last old-design flathead 6 in 1960 and could hardly get out of its own way. We're talking 0 to 60 mph times on the order of 18 - 20 seconds. And to top it off, it only got around 17 mpg on average as an economy car. Not a good car.
In case you couldn't tell, I had this in college.
12-13-2007, 03:14 PM
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1970's something Fiat 128 ( I think that was the model ). Boxey sedan. What a POS. I was 16 at the time and wanted to buy it. My father said NO WAY! Wound up getting a '77 Camaro Type LT.
12-13-2007, 03:26 PM
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1970 VW Bus.
I once got a ticket doing 60 in a 55. I was probably doing 20, but the cop thought I looked like trouble. At the time, I had a Hammond C3, a Leslie 122, a Marshall full stack and misc guitars, cables, etc. inside. I (truthfully) explained to the judge that the ony way it would do 60 loaded like that was in free fall. Case dismissed.
I once got a ticket doing 60 in a 55. I was probably doing 20, but the cop thought I looked like trouble. At the time, I had a Hammond C3, a Leslie 122, a Marshall full stack and misc guitars, cables, etc. inside. I (truthfully) explained to the judge that the ony way it would do 60 loaded like that was in free fall. Case dismissed.
12-13-2007, 03:34 PM
#53
Race Director
I had 2 VW Camper Vans back in the 70s. The VW vans were slow to begin with then add a few 100 pounds of beds, sinks, ice chest etc and it gets even slower...
But, you know, they took my wife and I all over the country with a minimum of fuss and when we got where ever we were going we could live in them fairly comfortably (way better than a tent)!
But, you know, they took my wife and I all over the country with a minimum of fuss and when we got where ever we were going we could live in them fairly comfortably (way better than a tent)!
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12-13-2007, 03:34 PM
#54
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1972 Plymouth Duster, 6 cyl, baby blue with the odd rust hole here and there. Don't know how slow it was, but I was scared to drive it on the highway for fear of being run over.
12-13-2007, 03:38 PM
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Well, I had the 1982 Camaro Berlinetta that only had the 2.8L carburated 6 cylinder engine. About 102 HP. Pretty weak for a "sporty" car. I guess nobody told me it as sporty, I just assumed...
12-13-2007, 03:43 PM
#57
Team Owner
Had a clean 62 Le Mans rag top with the 4 cyl engine.2 speed power glide tranny, shift lever was in the dash. The engine was a regular Pontiac v8 cut in half length wise. You did 0-60 in that thing in minuets not seconds.
12-13-2007, 03:47 PM
#60
Drifting
2007 VW rabbit 2 door 5 speed.
slowest....car.....ever....
*edit*
the 1979 Fiat Spyder in my driveway.
i've never driven it, but its safe to assume that it was slower than my VW.
i really should get a new battery for that thing and drive it a little
slowest....car.....ever....
*edit*
the 1979 Fiat Spyder in my driveway.
i've never driven it, but its safe to assume that it was slower than my VW.
i really should get a new battery for that thing and drive it a little
Last edited by 99FRC Newb; 12-13-2007 at 03:50 PM.