[Spridgets] Spridgetly drive

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

Nope, everything else is metric like millimetres and metres but our road  
signs are still in yards and miles and car speedos in mph.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 03/02/2013 23:24:40 GMT Standard Time,  
refisk at chartermi.net writes:

Daniel,

I'm surprised you talk mph.  Don't you guys use  kph over there?  Or are 
you making a concession for us backwards  colonists?  :-)

No matter how you measure it, it sounds like a fun  ride.  My Midget was 
put away for the winter a couple of months  ago.  19 degrees Fahrenheit here 
today (we don't understand Celsius  either) and slippery roads.

Rick  

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On Feb 3, 2013, at 5:19 PM, WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com  wrote:

> Out for a drive in the Sprite today since it's been parked  in the garage 
 
> for 3 weeks and due one.
> 
> I  passed a Suburu Impreza who didn't seem like he was in a hurry until  
I  
> passed him (or the speed limits changed from a 40 mph to a 70  mph?).   
Anyway 
> as I hoofed the Sprite he did likewise and  never moved back in my rear  
> view mirror, even though I was  changing up later than usual.  I used 4th 
 (1:1) 
> gear (car  is a 5 speed) to 6.1K maybe 6.15/6.2K - 175/70 x 13 tyres on a 
 
>  3.9 diff - which came up surprisingly quick from 3rd though I suppose I 
did  
> do  80 in 3rd (close ratio box) - you do the math.  After  that I moved  
over!
> 
> Somebody else officer,