alt Hacker News> but toasters are the real metal to the petal test.
Or is that a new tongue in cheek idiom?
AFAIK, it’s peDal, not peTal, and the other way around: pedal to the metal. The literal meaning is to push your accelerator pedal down to the floor of your car, which is made of metal.
"metal to the petal" gives me more of a "gilding the lily" flavor, especially in cnotrast to the original construction.
Still not sure if it was on purpose, but I read it as a reference to a "but can it run DOOM?" benchmark.