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D Griff wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 4:21 pm
SAWCE wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:05 pm

Yup. It was the least powerful car I've ever driven. I had to drop down into 2nd or 1st to go up any significant hill.
Was it :manuel: ?
Yessir
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SAWCE wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:45 pm
D Griff wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 4:21 pm

Was it :manuel: ?
Yessir
:impressive:

We had an automatic Suzuki with paddle shifters which was actually a decent vehicle, better than many rentals I've gotten in the states like that :disgust: Pathfinder on the Big Island.
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D Griff wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:56 am
SAWCE wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:45 pm

Yessir
:impressive:

We had an automatic Suzuki with paddle shifters which was actually a decent vehicle, better than many rentals I've gotten in the states like that :disgust: Pathfinder on the Big Island.
That's what my buddy go. So we drove his around for excursions and I just drove mine to and from the airport.
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SAWCE wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:05 pm
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:10 pm I just came to this thread. So you rented this??
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I rented that as well when I went there in 2014. That was an epic POS, I couldn't get that fucker up a 60% grade, cause that thing is sooooo gutless.
Yup. It was the least powerful car I've ever driven. I had to drop down into 2nd or 1st to go up any significant hill.
wait, yours was a manual??

Edit: I checked it was
Lucky you, mine was an automatic, going down on san jose hill, that trans somehow couldn't engine brake
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