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klaus wrote:
lal_truckee wrote: Combine the two - 160mph on a prepared speed course while wearing a rubber suit. I don't think so. I don't think so either. Isn't terminal velocity of a human in freefall something around 120mph? How would you go faster than that, unless you strap a rocket onto your back? As for the rubber suit, I never would've thought Lal was so kinky. -- //-Walt // // http://tinyurl.com/3xqyq |
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klaus wrote in message ...
Heh.. actually, on open road with three lanes, it seems like 100-110 mph is what people cruise at. At 125, you're passing most folks. When we told my relatives where we were going to ski, since it was a long way, they didn't ask if we had a comfortable car, or a big car.. they said.. "My.. that's a long way... Do you have a fast car?" When we said we had an A8, they said, yes it was fast, but big.... I didn't realize why that would be an issue until we were cruising through the Alps in Italy on a 1 1/2 lane road with a huge drop off on our side when we came face to face with a logging truck. I basically sh*t. WARNING: Large files! Don't try this on dialup. Basically putting this car: http://www.xmission.com/~klaus/DCP_0444.JPG down this road: http://www.xmission.com/~klaus/DCP_0443.JPG The gaurd rail wasn't all that reassuring. -klaus My mistake. Guess my brain has turned metric. I thought you wrote 160 *kph*. I'll have to get new glasses. ;-) Nice car but that second picture doesn't look like the Autobahn. Armin |
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klaus wrote: One thing I noticed while I lived in Germany was that you never see "minor" accidents on the autobahn. Usually cars and bodies strewn for a long ways. But you also don't have old people driving slowly in the left lane. They take care of them pretty quickly. Buddha bless their souls. There are still Trabbis though. I have been a passenger in a car travelling at 125 mph when a Trabbi in front of us tried to overtake a truck. Robert Swindells |
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