You wouldn’t believe it, but they routinely haul these over major alpine passes. Works well on climbs, but sharp corners and switchbacks require careful handling, causing everyone else a bit of grief.
Yanks are so accustomed to the idea that “more litres = more torque” that they actually can’t imagine the amount of engineering that’s gone in to smaller more efficient European and Japanese engines.
≈1hp per cc is pretty standard in modern cars but why invest in all that engineering when you can pour cheap gasoline down the throat of your 5 litre V8?
![[image] Since many people seem to believe you can't tow with cars, here's roughly what dutch people end up doing on vacation.](https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/ea1db421-ccea-4e3d-af37-aec9b3e62de4.jpeg){kind=link}
Dutch people must not have many steep hills.
You wouldn’t believe it, but they routinely haul these over major alpine passes. Works well on climbs, but sharp corners and switchbacks require careful handling, causing everyone else a bit of grief.
Don’t worry, we’ll even tow them to and trough Norway.
Yes, going 50 km/h on a 80 km/h road with 300 cars behind them. 😄
That’s about half a trainload of people in all those cars. Sidenote: trains very rarely get held up by slow moving traffic.
Where do you hitch a camper to a train?
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Yanks are so accustomed to the idea that “more litres = more torque” that they actually can’t imagine the amount of engineering that’s gone in to smaller more efficient European and Japanese engines.
≈1hp per cc is pretty standard in modern cars but why invest in all that engineering when you can pour cheap gasoline down the throat of your 5 litre V8?
The most popular pickup truck in the US is commonly bought with either a 2.7 liter turbo or 3.5 liter turbo v6, I think you’re a bit behind the times.
In 2018, the average engine in the UK was 1.61L, in 2022 in the US it is 3.42L, but yh, it’s me that’s behind the times.
You’re the one who pointed put the five liter v8 not me.
The don’t… but the neighboring countries do. That’s where this caravan is going