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- From: ramiro@rrunner.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Ramiro Reinoso)
- Subject: Re: Raising the limit
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.005042.27882@walter.bellcore.com>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 00:50:42 GMT
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- In article <Uf1IO_G00WB5Jl=lMm@andrew.cmu.edu>, jyri+@CMU.EDU (Jyri Virkki) writes:
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- |>
- |> This reason particularly is not true. A Civic, or any other equivalent
- |> car, will cruise all day at 110mph with no difficulty at all. There
- |> are very few cars anymore that are not suited for 100+ driving, even
- |> the worst offenders of a few years ago, big american sedans, are now
- |> being built with acceptable handling. The only modern car I've been in
- |> that became twitchy after 70 or so was the Geo Metro.
- |>
- |> Jyri J. Virkki | DoD#561 | jyri+@cmu.edu | Carnegie Mellon University | MSINI
- |> jyri@[rummat3|rmece02].upr.clu.edu | Use finger to obtain PGP public key
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- It's not enough to go fast in a straight line. You have to feel safe
- when pressing hard on the breaks or having to switch lanes in a hurry.
- That's what makes the difference between a car designed for 100+ mph
- and a car that can go 100+ mph.
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