18th May 2010, 09:09

"My 5-speed Omni would hit 90 in third gear and topped out near 135."

Yeah and the whopping 84 hp. Omni took 5 minutes to get to 135 too. By then you'd be parked and waiting for the Omni to show up with any new Mustang. Since the Mustang hits 60 in about a third the time of the Omni, you wouldn't need the top speed to beat it.

I do have to say, however, that anyone who feels the need to go 135 in an Omni has no business on public roads. 118 is way more than enough top end, which is why many of the newer cars are governed unless your goal is to be on the front page of your local paper in a horrific crash. If you're saying that top speed is the ONLY measure of performance on a car, then you are missing the point here. The newer cars will run circles around your old 4 bangers in every category, except the useless top speed of course.