Green Maned Lion
Engineer
Hybrids are horrible for so many different reasons, I don't even care to go into it. Ten years is nowhere near long enough to keep a car. Keep it for 30 at least. Car companies have a lot of damn gall building cars that can't last that long. Its possible, easy, and frankly, cheaper. Just remove about 200 lb. of pointless electronic garbage from the car. Power seats? Do you adjust your seat so often you need this? Really?
Power drivers side mirror? Why on gods earth could you possibly want, let alone need this? A passenger side it semi-understandable, but a drivers side? Automatic climate control? I personally hate this feature, I'd pay good money to NOT have it- when I get around to it, my cars being converted to manual control. Do you really need 12 speakers? 2 is acceptable, 4 is more than enough. Power rear tailgate, sliding doors... WHY? The list goes on and on and on.
Then we can remove about 500 lbs worth of pointless pyrotechnical devices cars have- primarily front, front side, rear side, side curtain and knee airbags, as well as pre-tensioners. We can replace these devices with four point manual tightening harnesses- they are safer, anyway. Next, we can remove about 150 lbs of pointless systems known under the guise of "stability and traction control". You can learn how to drive, America, I know you can- you don't need this.
Ok, now, we have removed 850 lbs from the car that is not needed, while simplifying the whole set up improving reliability and durability, ok?
Fine, while we are at it, let me slay another sacred cow. You do not need to go 0-60 in 5.5 seconds. You never do except the first day you get the car and show your family how fast thing is. My car does it in 15 seconds, and with knowing how to drive, that works. But lets call 12 seconds the actual logical requirement. To move this car, a four-door family sedan (say, a Toyota Camry V6) previously weighing 3600 lbs, now weighing initially 2750 lb, to 60 in 12 seconds, we need about 115 horse power.
That would be a fairly simple four cylinder of about 2.2L displacement, or, a more complicated one such as Toyota's 1.6 litre VVT-i unit. That weighs about 100 lbs less than their 3.5 V6. So now we are down to 2650lb, and we are faster than our target. I could take this on ad infinitum, but lets stabilize power at their 1.6 l VVT-i four, ok?
Now with all this weight and power taken out, we can make many things less heavy. With the weight of the V6 gone, and the rest of the body, the engine compartment and front springing can be made much less beefy. We can take out lots of metal no longer needed. Plus, with the engine putting out 150 less HP and 170lb-ft less torque, we don't need as beefy a transmission. The general guidelines for this is a third of the weight saved, brining our car down to 2,337 lbs. I'd guess it would to 0-60 in about 10 seconds now. You, without the hybrid nonsense, are probably getting close to 40 mpg on the highway now.
Your car will last longer, be more reliable, and much more environmentally friendly. Lets actually do this, ok?
Power drivers side mirror? Why on gods earth could you possibly want, let alone need this? A passenger side it semi-understandable, but a drivers side? Automatic climate control? I personally hate this feature, I'd pay good money to NOT have it- when I get around to it, my cars being converted to manual control. Do you really need 12 speakers? 2 is acceptable, 4 is more than enough. Power rear tailgate, sliding doors... WHY? The list goes on and on and on.
Then we can remove about 500 lbs worth of pointless pyrotechnical devices cars have- primarily front, front side, rear side, side curtain and knee airbags, as well as pre-tensioners. We can replace these devices with four point manual tightening harnesses- they are safer, anyway. Next, we can remove about 150 lbs of pointless systems known under the guise of "stability and traction control". You can learn how to drive, America, I know you can- you don't need this.
Ok, now, we have removed 850 lbs from the car that is not needed, while simplifying the whole set up improving reliability and durability, ok?
Fine, while we are at it, let me slay another sacred cow. You do not need to go 0-60 in 5.5 seconds. You never do except the first day you get the car and show your family how fast thing is. My car does it in 15 seconds, and with knowing how to drive, that works. But lets call 12 seconds the actual logical requirement. To move this car, a four-door family sedan (say, a Toyota Camry V6) previously weighing 3600 lbs, now weighing initially 2750 lb, to 60 in 12 seconds, we need about 115 horse power.
That would be a fairly simple four cylinder of about 2.2L displacement, or, a more complicated one such as Toyota's 1.6 litre VVT-i unit. That weighs about 100 lbs less than their 3.5 V6. So now we are down to 2650lb, and we are faster than our target. I could take this on ad infinitum, but lets stabilize power at their 1.6 l VVT-i four, ok?
Now with all this weight and power taken out, we can make many things less heavy. With the weight of the V6 gone, and the rest of the body, the engine compartment and front springing can be made much less beefy. We can take out lots of metal no longer needed. Plus, with the engine putting out 150 less HP and 170lb-ft less torque, we don't need as beefy a transmission. The general guidelines for this is a third of the weight saved, brining our car down to 2,337 lbs. I'd guess it would to 0-60 in about 10 seconds now. You, without the hybrid nonsense, are probably getting close to 40 mpg on the highway now.
Your car will last longer, be more reliable, and much more environmentally friendly. Lets actually do this, ok?