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therealdilbert t1_ja5yzuq wrote

Reply to comment by Steveesq in ELI5: Why does farming equipment require such low horsepower compared to your average car? by thetravelingsong

> My daily driver has an excess of 300 horsepower

and it takes maybe 20hp to drive at high way speeds on a flat road

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Steveesq t1_ja66e87 wrote

EXACTLY! But it sure is fun to drive!

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koolaidman89 t1_ja6cgsa wrote

Yeah but it’s pretty handy to be able to get to highway speeds in a reasonable amount of time/distance when you find yourself on a short ramp going into dense high speed highway traffic.

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