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Re: Carlsbad coasters
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Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:15:11 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > busy blasting along the Autobahn at 200 klicks on my way to Heidelberg to
> > > bother stopping.
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> > Sounds like a ride in itself. ;)
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> Ya. At 200 you have to stay on your toes. You need to be watching as far
> ahead as you possibly can see for anything that may require you to slow down
> or take evasive action (some french car that is way underpowered doing
> something stupid or whatever), and you need to keep an eye on your rear view
> mirror for those big audis, benzs and bimmers coming up behind you going
> over 250 that you have to get out of the way of.
OK, I'm curious. What vehicle were you driving at the time?
I'm assuming you were in a rental.
The fastest I've ever driven was about 210km/h. That was top top-end in my
dad's Taurus when I was racing a Z24, which I might add could not keep up.
I've done about 200km/h in a friends 2000 Z28 also. Boy there's a lot of
air movement doing 200 clicks with the top down. That was a rush in itself.
Tim Strutt 8^)
(who likes to make his Neon governor kick in at 195km/h on Ontario highways)
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| (...) Hey Tim: Nice...so that's why you don't mind coming to Toronto to some of the events...good luck with your next Parlugment meeting...hope you guys make some excellent train models.... Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Focus 4 door hatchback 5 speed. It was REALLY a struggle to get above 180, any sort of upgrade and you were back down at 180, I basically had it floored the whole time. Previously I rented a Volvo <mumble>40 wagon and that had a governer that (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Ya. At 200 you have to stay on your toes. You need to be watching as far ahead as you possibly can see for anything that may require you to slow down or take evasive action (some french car that is way underpowered doing something stupid or (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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