[wiweimeli]

Here are some other slow vehicles I've driven, though not the slowest ever, but actually slow vehicles with V8s!

When I was very young, and towards driving age, one of our vehicles that we had a 1973 Chevrolet Nova, and with a 307-c.i.d. V8 (around 5.0L) with a 2-bbl. carburetor (remember those?) and a three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic tranny, that was already older at that time I drove. However, for a V8 mill, it was lethargic, and, I'll go as far as to say, a dog! It only had 115HP (SAE net rating) and it's two-barrel carburetor had a tiny throat, likely no more than 4" in diameter. I'm not clear as to what the torque rating was. This was not only slow-moving, but it was also a trouble-prone vehicle, and it even had a valve-tap, which was very typical of older Chevrolet-Division engines at GM. That may have also contributed to the result of the slowness.

Also, when I was employed with AT&T, for the employees, there was a terrific van-pool/commuter programs, and the fleet included full-sized Ford Club Wagons (passenger vans based on the Econoline range), and this is going into the 1980s. There was a 1984 Club Wagon that had a 351-c.i.d (5.8L) V8 and a 3-speed automatic, but I believe it was carburetor'd, and not F.I. These were driven by employees like myself, that had company driver's licenses (I later got one), and I remember some drivers stating that it didn't get out of it's own way. I drove it, it, though not the fastest, for a mill it's size, it had some torque going for it, especially in motion, but, it was so long ago.

After while, newer Ford Club-Wagons were added to the fleet (which also consisted of GM/Chevrolets and Dodge full-sized vans, and few then-RWD Ford & GM minivans for routes with lesser riders), and these then-new Fords had a large 460-c.i.d, (7.4L) V8s, possibly with F.I., hooked to a 3-speed auto (if I remember that correctly) which were an obvious improvement over the older vans with the 351-c.i.d. engine, moved much faster, but, were more designed for towing more than for speed, for, of course, this was a truck-based set-up.

I would believe that my record has to go to the Chevette that I mentioned upthread. I never drove a Yugo or a Geo Metro. I've ridden in Geo Metros/Chevrolet Sprints, tiny as all hell. I once rode in the back-seat of a 3-cylinder Geo Metro that a cousin rented, back in the late 90s, two cousins were in the front seats, and I was in the back with my girlfriend at the time. While driving, the diminutive car hit a bump in the road, and my then-girlfriend and myself, unbelted, were thrown up from the rear-seat and our heads bumped into the roof; a little experience that I had to share.

The GM vehicles with the "Iron-Duke" (later Tech-IV) four-bangers, that I drove, with their very lumpy, vibrating, obtrusive, and agricultural, noisy feel, rate close up there, too.