Well said, Bob. My feelings exactly.
Bud Krueger (Plymouth, Mass.)
52TD
Bob Howard wrote:
>Blake,
> My memory is that you live in the wide open spaces of western USA.
>Along the east coast there are places where even the byways have become
>fast roads. Posted limits of 50 mean 'drive at 60+'. Roads that
>actually lead somewhere, the ones necessary to get to MG events for
>example, are fast roads shared with crowds of SUVs and tractor trailers.
> It's not that an MG driver chooses them for relaxing driving, it's that
>he must use them if he wants to get somewhere. F'rinstance---a RR 20/25
>driver here in town (Guilford, CT, 15 mi east of New Haven) goes to Deer
>Isle, ME every summer. Thanks to his relaxed schedule, he can take
>byways all the way to Bangor, then on down to Deer Isle. He uses three
>full days to do it. Were he not a professor at Yale, he would most likely
>not have the time. From here to Boston takes a full ten hours by byway.
>And even then, the secondary roads join the primary roads and interstates
>to cross rivers. It is not at all unusual to have a two mile backup of
>traffic where Rte 1 joins the interstate I-95 to cross the Connecticut
>River.
> My thought on this debate is that the change of ratios is necessary if
>one wants to be able to drive his TD on radial tires in this part of the
>country. One finds that he needs to set up his car for the driving
>conditions of the area. I don't think it's a cost issue so much as a
>not-being-run-over issue.
>Bob
>
>
>On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:24:29 -0500 Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net> writes:
>
>
>>I have a Stage 2 TD with a 4.875 rear gears. I don't know how much
>>wind you guys have, or hills, but there has been many occasions when
>>
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>the
>
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>>engine will barely pull 60 MPH against a strong head wind. It might
>>be okay for those limited access roads, but there are none where I
>>live. I need to have some accelleration to get by the gray hairs going
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>50 in
>
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>>a 55 or 65 MPH zone. So, I live with the 3,800 RPMS at 60 MPH.
>>Besides just how much interstate cruising do you need to do to offset
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>the
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>>cost of installation? Isn't the freeway drive the antithesis of what
>>these cars were made for?
>>
>>Blake
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