Date:         Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:26:32 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Van related sites I found interesting - a little off topic
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>>And... too little power can mean that you may at some stage
>>find yourself in an accident situation and unable to accelerate out
>>of it..
>
>This is true, but "too little" is entirely relative to the accident
>situation. I got hit on a 250cc Honda motorcycle (an RS250 I think?) a
>decade ago because I didn't have enough power to accelerate out of the path
>of a left turning car (right turning for you left-side drivers), and it was
>by no means an underpowered vehicle.

Good bikes, the CB250RS. I had one and put an XR500 engine into it.
Couldn't keep the front wheel down taking off from a standstill :-))

>I knew guys who built
>up their Camaros to the point where they'd break the bead and spin the
>wheels inside the tires if they floored the accelerator

Didn't I mention cars that are dangerous out-of-the-box because their
handling is so bad? Hooting-up a Camaro is asking for trouble...
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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