Well dang, that box must really work then. 
My grandma had a Pinto and I’m pretty sure it went 0-60 in “some time next week.”
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Twice the speed of smell.
But only half the speed of fire! 
The four hamster engine in my 1973 Corolla was like that.
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My dad had that generation of Corolla. Yeah, that thing was slow. Especially going up the mountain road to our house at 7500 feet!
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Mercy, yes, that would be seriously straining the anemic abilities of that generation Corolla.
When I moved from NJ back to OK I had “The Toy” heavily loaded. It strained going uphill through the mountains of PA but got 40 mpg going down the western side of the mountains. Best mpg on a tank of gas I’ve ever had in any car to date although I do consistently get 35-36mpg in highway driving from my current 2014 Camry. Obviously, Toyota is supplying more robust hamsters under the hood these days.
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I think I have heard they are using hamsters that are on steroids. 
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Just don’t buy into hybrid Camry.
They use the same hamsters, but make them to do more work for less food…
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We had a 1978 Diesel Rabbit with a whopping 48hp that from the magazine tests i can find was just as slow as the 73 Corolla. We did have a 57 Chevy pull up next to us one Sunday morning at a stoplight. Mom told my brother not to even think of it, like we had a shot in hades anyway…
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You know that school your dad went to, the one he had to walk to, up hill both ways? I built my house there, now I only drive downhill.
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