It's not nearly as bad as they make it out to be.  I have driven the
Minneapoils to Florida route in my 85 several times, and have never had an
issue.  Except when the guys in the 3rd lane (way left) yelled at me (I was
doing 70) in the right, "you have a flat tire!!"  And I did, it was the one
right under my butt.  I was quite happy they yelled at me.

I was passing some sedans going up what is called "Lookout Mountain" in
Tennessee (but isn't it's the one next to it), so 1.9s aren't that bad even in
the mountains.

tom

On 4 Apr 2004 at 17:28, Malcolm Stebbins wrote:

> I've been lurking on this thread and I'm a bit
> worried.  This comming July, I plan on visiting the
> Major US cities on the east coast:  DC, NY, Boston,
> Phili etc.  I know they drive FAST, and I know that I
> drive slowly.

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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
85 Westphalia GL Albert
96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
taring@taring.org

"It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a turn
fast
and come out dead." Stirling Moss