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Article #159Re: Power limits for beginners (was Re: Assholes and Education)
From: Steve "daffy" Hunt
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:01
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:01
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Speed Freak (ian@pharaoh.cyborg.bt.co.uk) wrote: : I wasn't sure if you were serious or not. The problem with this is that it : is the driver's attitude that is the problem. Even a 900cc Fiat can do : nearly 80mph. Although it can't accelerate very quickly it is still possible : to wind it up to speed and then hold it at high speeds on country roads. It's a good point... there is considerable incentive to corner too fast in a car with poor acceleration, because it takes so long to reach cruising speed again on the next straight -- Steve Hunt steve@acorn.co.uk
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