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Date:         Wed, 13 Jul 94 8:29:50 PDT
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From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@io.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: hi-speed hijinks

Matthew Drahzal writes: > > > 115mph in my '90 Fox GL (two people, 5000+ RPM) > > 145mph in a '92 Corrodo SLC (unladen, 5000+ RPM) > > ^^^^^^^ > > 167mph in a Ferrari 308s (two people, on a race track, forget RPM) > > ---------------------------------- > > Joshua R. Poulson, Widener University Department of Computing Services > > > These speeds are well above the cruising speeds of the *Planes* > I fly. The 145 number is AMAZING. Let's see some Asian *sedan* > do that!

How about a Lexus with the 4 liter V-8? :) Okay, so it's a coupe, but so is the Corrado...

Since everyone is doing it, here are the maximum speeds I have achieved...

============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (90 mph, big downhill) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (110 mph, chickened out) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (140 mph) '77 Ford Taunus V-6 (118 mph on German autobahn!) '71 VW Beetle (78 mph on German autobahn, downhill, flat out, gutless piece of crap, heh heh, I was getting passed by VW Polos and Fiat Pandas, but I digress...) =============================================================================


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