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Subject:Re: hi-speed hijinks
From:David Schwarze
Date:Wed, 13 Jul 94 8:29:50 PDT

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...

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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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