You have to read mine again, I never said I have ever beaten a Hemi powered vehicle, I simply stated that I have never been "smoked" by one. "Smoked" is a subjective term, but for me, "smoked" means that I'm watching their taillights dissapear into the distance.
Nice job backpedaling. You can say what you want, but when you made the claim that you've never been "smoked" by a Hemi powered vehicle, then most people would take that as one of two things--either you beat one or you kept even with one. If you've ever raced one and lost, it doesn't matter if you lost by an inch or a mile, you still weren't able to keep up.
Its easy to figure out the average 0-60 time for cars sold today (although very very time consuming), just find the 0-60 time for each car, find the North American sales volume for each car, and multiply those figures. Unfortunately this has to be done for each type of car. Then, you add up the total. Then divide it by the total number of cars sold in North America. Presto, average 0-60 time. Thats a daunting task, there are probably several hundred types of cars sold in NA and you have to know the sales volume and 0-60 for each and every one. But it is possible.
Sorry, but I don't think that's easy, as you say. Besides, that's still not a representative sample of vehicles on any road at any given time. Maybe you need to take a class in statistics. I'll break this down for you--here's the flaw in your logic: Even if you had all the information that you mentioned, just how many of the fastest of those cars do you think you're likely to encounter on the road every day? Think about some of the more expensive cars...you know, the Ferraris and Lambos that spend 99% of their time locked in a garage. Once again, it's easy to see how quickly the numbers would be useless by trying to determine averages by using sales numbers.
You can beat the dead horse all you want, I will call my 4Runner fast, I will dig up numbers, and my engineering degree says screw horsepower. .
First, this isn't a HP debate. It's a debate on the concept that the 4Runner is a fast vehicle. Of course that's subjective and depends upon the view of the driver/owner. If I drove a Hummer H1 for 3 years and then got a 4Runner, I'd think it was a rocket. At the same time, if I traded in my Corvette after driving it for 3 years for a 4Runner, I'd definitely think the 4Runner felt slow. Now here's the funny part--if I traded in a basic V6 Nissan Altima for a 4Runner, I'd also feel the 4Runner was slow.
BTW, you should really stop bragging about your engineering degree. It seems like you have to mention it every other time you post. This has to be at least the tenth time I read a post of yours where you mention your engineering degree. Seriously, I'm sure you're proud of it, but give it a rest already. I also have an engineering degree and an MBA as well, but you don't see me telling everyone over and over again.
