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Date:         Sat, 2 Mar 1996 09:24:52 -0800 (PST)
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From:         David Schwarze <des@teleport.com>
Subject:      Re: Rather odd EV 'road test'

RGOLEN@umassd.edu writes: > > The 115 speed can be explained by a couple of things...tail > wind...speedometer error....driving down hill (look at a map... > England is higher on a map than France is, therefore to go to > France from England you are driving down), etc.

That would explain it all right...

> It does sound feasable considering I've driven the 2.0L version > at 100....that's all that I said.

If I recall, you said 150km/hr, which is more like 93mph. That would mean the claimed top speed of the 2.5 was 22 mph faster than the 2.0. I still think it's a stretch. :-)

-David

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