🚀 go-pugleaf

:: I wasn't sure if you were serious or not.  The problem with this is that it
:: is the driver's attitude that is the problem.  Even a 900cc Fiat can do
:: nearly 80mph.  Although it can't accelerate very quickly it is still possible
:: to wind it up to speed and then hold it at high speeds on country roads.

:It's a good point... there is considerable incentive to corner too
:fast in a car with poor acceleration, because it takes so long to
:reach cruising speed again on the next straight

I hope *you* don't feel like this.  When I used to drive Army Landrovers
which were about as underpowered on acceleration as you could get, I
would regularly slow down for corners precisely because of this - you
couldn't accelerate out of them (the acceleration hit about 5 secs
after you pushed the pedal :-( ) and they were too light to hold the
road well on a turn (the dangers of aluminium frame light air-portables...)

G
PS I *know* how unstable they are - one time (on a private army range road)
I did try to accelerate out of a bend when going too fast the Landie took
up on two wheels for a hundred yards or so... quite a trick.  Wish I could
do it on purpose :-) )