This car is ridiculous!! I did so much research. I wanted a car that was economical and reliable. How reliable is a car that can't even be driven on the freeway for fear that the engine will blow up???!! At 60miles an hour it is at 4000 rpm's, at 70 it is at 5000 rpm's. The safest thing to do with this car in higher speed areas is don''t drive it there!! IT SIMPLY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH POWER!!
In intersections first gear doesn't go any higher than 10 miles an hour, when I shift (in the middle of the intersection, the car slows) If I stay in first gear, i am creeping through the intersection and could easily get into an accident. When going from a stop it takes the longest time to pick up speed. Awful!!
I have never had a manual engine that performed so poorly........I am furious..........all this money!!! I can get farther on my bicycle than this!!!
This is just crazy!!!!
Update from May 22, 2013: I noticed that I would be in the middle of an intersection, and I either had to change gears.....or slow down. The car did that automatically. It was very, very dangerous.
This car is ridiculous!! I did so much research. I wanted a car that was economical and reliable. How reliable is a car that can't even be driven on the freeway for fear that the engine will blow up???!! At 60miles an hour it is at 4000 rpm's, at 70 it is at 5000 rpm's. The safest thing to do with this car in higher speed areas is don''t drive it there!! IT SIMPLY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH POWER!!
In intersections first gear doesn't go any higher than 10 miles an hour, when I shift (in the middle of the intersection, the car slows) If I stay in first gear, i am creeping through the intersection and could easily get into an accident. When going from a stop it takes the longest time to pick up speed. Awful!!
I have never had a manual engine that performed so poorly........I am furious..........all this money!!! I can get farther on my bicycle than this!!!
This is just crazy!!!!
Update from May 22, 2013: I noticed that I would be in the middle of an intersection, and I either had to change gears.....or slow down. The car did that automatically. It was very, very dangerous.
- Barb M., Spokane, WA, US