On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, G.M.Bulley wrote: > As an aside, when Consumer Guide reviewed the first (1952?) VW bus in > the US, they couldn't post a 0-60 time for it because they couldn't get > it above 58 mph. I think I once saw a Road & Track review where they didn't post braking test results for the Vanagon because their track didn't have a long enough straightaway to get up to the required speed. ;) _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "There is something ironic when the developers name |___/ housing development after what they bulldozed to build it, but I think you have to allow some latitude in naming, so that not every street is called "Suburban Drive." -- Jan Wolter |
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