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Originally Posted by DigitalQuirk
What TheQuietThings failed to tell us was that the Grand Am GT he raced was built in 1992, had a slipping transmission, and when he said it had a chip, he meant it had a Frito Lays chip clogging the air filter. 
The Scion tC is definitely a move down in class from the Grand Am GT. With a 5 speed and a good driver hammering through the gears, it can do 0-60 in around 7.8 seconds, which is very close to the Grand Am GT's 7.7 seconds...though neither of these cars are hardly fast when compared to, say, a GTO or Neon SRT-4. There's no way you're going to see even an 8 second 0-60 time with the Scion tC and an automatic. Plus, once you start hauling other people around with you in your car, you're really going to miss that extra torque.
Of course, there's more to a car than its raw 0-60 time. There's handling, and the Scion isn't going to outhandle a Grand Am GT. The stopping distance of the Grand Am GT is shorter than that of the Scion tC. Then there's features, which the Grand Am GT comes with tons of...including that excellent 8 speaker Monsoon stereo system. |
i hope you are joking
the tC does a 0-60 in 7.4 with the manual, not a 7.8
the GA may outhandle the tC, but at least with the tC you get a lexus quality ride.
whats the stopping distance on the grand am? the tC has the celica gts brakes, and the tC weighs less.
what features does the GA come with that the tC doesnt? does the grand am have a glass roof? do the back seats in the grand am recline?
youre also getting a toyota quality vehicle, with the japanese fit and finish... enough said there.
i am no way hating on grand am's, i just dont understand how you can say that the grand am abused the tC in almost every way.