Re: Highway driving

[Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>]

In article <200105171241.FAA19249@smtpout.mac.com>, Andre Rousseau
<andrer@mac.com> writes
>
>Do many of you take your cars on the highway?

Of course!
>
>Last night I was going down a back road, I hit 80KM/H and felt that was 
>fast enough.

Hang on a minute.   80 *kilometres* an hour?   I regularly drive at 80+
*miles* per hour!
>
>It was great and scary all at the same time.
>
>But I dont think I want to push the car beyond those speeds or can the 
>car handle them?

I don't know very much about Mk 1 GT6s, but I'd be very surprised if
they couldn't cruise happily at illegal speeds.   1977 Spitfire 1500s
can. :-))

ATB
-- 
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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