Originally Posted by zvhturbo
Sorry to be arguementative but my boss has one and i go in it regularly and just can't believe how pants it is, mind you it has the stupid padel shift

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sounds like a sloppy fart as well and is not exactly break nect fast.
a 200hp escort IMO would take it, perhaps not away from the lights but down a strip i'd put my money on the ERST.
You are right, thats a poo gearbox, but its a great car in my opinion and when I said show up I wasn't talking about speed