However painful I have to disagree with you !
The pain comes from my liking of raw power, if I could afford it I�d have a
late -70�s  musclecar  instead of the Volvo 740 to take me to work and back
:-)
But the problem with low power is not in the engine compartment but between
the front seat and steeringwheel on most cars today !
If people could back down a step or two from their macho image out on the
road we might be able to help instead of killing eachother, there is enough
space for more than ONE car  !

Calle

 ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US>
> >
> > Where I live, it's the combination of an underpowered vehicle and
> > extremely poorly designed freeway entrances that creates the problem.
> > Freeway entrances should be long enough for even a loaded semi (which
has
> > a far lower power/weight ratio than even a diesel Vanagon) to reach
> > traffic speeds before merging.  They should have a stretch of
> > accelleration lane parallel to the travel lanes so you can easily slide
> > into a gap in traffic.  Many of the ramps here have neither of those
> > features, so you have to compensate with raw horsepower.
> >
> >
> > David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> > '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
> > '82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel
> >
>