{"id":338,"date":"2004-12-15T10:13:13","date_gmt":"2004-12-15T14:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=338"},"modified":"2009-04-12T19:05:26","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T23:05:26","slug":"the-truth-about-cars-back-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/12\/15\/the-truth-about-cars-back-to-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Cars – Back to the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Truth About Cars – Back to the Future<\/a><\/p>\n

Very, very true. “Fun to drive” does not equal “massive horsepower.” This is why I love the Keithmobile – it may only have 140 hp, and it takes 12 seconds to get up to 60 – but it handles the corners better than you’d expect, and the steering is tight & responsive. <\/p>\n

All in all, a very interesting article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Very, very true. “Fun to drive” does not equal “massive horsepower.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars-and-trucks","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-5s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1288,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/08\/15\/horsepower-and-torque\/","url_meta":{"origin":338,"position":0},"title":"Horsepower and Torque","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"We're thinking about getting a second car - Yay! 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