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Subject:Re: Rather odd EV 'road test'
From:David Schwarze
Date:Sat, 2 Mar 1996 09:24:52 -0800 (PST)

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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