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From: Gerhard Hoffmann on 19 Jul 2010 17:24 Am 07.07.2010 23:46, schrieb Joerg: > John Larkin wrote: >> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:05:45 -0700, Joerg<invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: > No joke. While living there I used to cruise down to a client in > Southern Germany on Sunday afternoons (everyone watching soccer) at > 110-115mph. Once in a while a car came up from behind, fast ... WHOOSH ... Might have been me with a 1.80 m 19" rack on the loading area of the Touring :-) Gerhard Diesel Biturbo rulez!
From: Charlie E. on 19 Jul 2010 19:40 On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:24:47 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp(a)arcor.de> wrote: >Am 07.07.2010 23:46, schrieb Joerg: >> John Larkin wrote: >>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:05:45 -0700, Joerg<invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: > >> No joke. While living there I used to cruise down to a client in >> Southern Germany on Sunday afternoons (everyone watching soccer) at >> 110-115mph. Once in a while a car came up from behind, fast ... WHOOSH ... > >Might have been me with a 1.80 m 19" rack on the loading area of the >Touring :-) > >Gerhard > >Diesel Biturbo rulez! Well, back when I drove Rim of the World Drive everyday (San Bernardino to Lake Arrowhead) it was always the Porsches with a ski rack, usually black. Everyone, including the 4WD crowd, would be going about 25-30 in the snow and ice, and then this black Porshe with a ski rack would blow by you at about 60! I always kept looking for the black metal SPLAT around all the turns... Charlie
From: Joerg on 19 Jul 2010 20:08 Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: > Am 07.07.2010 23:46, schrieb Joerg: >> John Larkin wrote: >>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:05:45 -0700, Joerg<invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: > >> No joke. While living there I used to cruise down to a client in >> Southern Germany on Sunday afternoons (everyone watching soccer) at >> 110-115mph. Once in a while a car came up from behind, fast ... WHOOSH >> ... > > Might have been me with a 1.80 m 19" rack on the loading area of the > Touring :-) > How fast is that car? My Audi topped out at around 195km/h or 115mph. You could push it a wee bit higher by not using the overdrive gear but then it would develop a voracious appetite for gasoline. It's a big station wagon with the smallest possible engine, runs very lean. In fact it's still going at almost 24 years old. A former neighbor bought it and a few months later he called me and was all enthused about this car. Because he does very long trips and it uses 40% less gasoline than the BMW he had before. I still miss that Audi. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Jim Thompson on 19 Jul 2010 20:18 On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:40:21 -0700, Charlie E. <edmondson(a)ieee.org> wrote: >On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:24:47 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp(a)arcor.de> >wrote: > >>Am 07.07.2010 23:46, schrieb Joerg: >>> John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:05:45 -0700, Joerg<invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >> >>> No joke. While living there I used to cruise down to a client in >>> Southern Germany on Sunday afternoons (everyone watching soccer) at >>> 110-115mph. Once in a while a car came up from behind, fast ... WHOOSH ... >> >>Might have been me with a 1.80 m 19" rack on the loading area of the >>Touring :-) >> >>Gerhard >> >>Diesel Biturbo rulez! > >Well, back when I drove Rim of the World Drive everyday (San >Bernardino to Lake Arrowhead) it was always the Porsches with a ski >rack, usually black. Everyone, including the 4WD crowd, would be >going about 25-30 in the snow and ice, and then this black Porshe with >a ski rack would blow by you at about 60! I always kept looking for >the black metal SPLAT around all the turns... > >Charlie Porsche's don't do too well drag racing a '67 Mercury Cougar. One of my employees, in his Porsche, tried me one time, on McDowell, uphill over the Papago Buttes heading toward Motorola SPD at 52nd St ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
From: John Larkin on 19 Jul 2010 20:26
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:40:21 -0700, Charlie E. <edmondson(a)ieee.org> wrote: >On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:24:47 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp(a)arcor.de> >wrote: > >>Am 07.07.2010 23:46, schrieb Joerg: >>> John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:05:45 -0700, Joerg<invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >> >>> No joke. While living there I used to cruise down to a client in >>> Southern Germany on Sunday afternoons (everyone watching soccer) at >>> 110-115mph. Once in a while a car came up from behind, fast ... WHOOSH ... >> >>Might have been me with a 1.80 m 19" rack on the loading area of the >>Touring :-) >> >>Gerhard >> >>Diesel Biturbo rulez! > >Well, back when I drove Rim of the World Drive everyday (San >Bernardino to Lake Arrowhead) it was always the Porsches with a ski >rack, usually black. Everyone, including the 4WD crowd, would be >going about 25-30 in the snow and ice, and then this black Porshe with >a ski rack would blow by you at about 60! I always kept looking for >the black metal SPLAT around all the turns... > >Charlie Porsches are notorious for unexpected oversteer. They stick and stick and make newbies think they are Mario Andretti. Then they let go and spin out and make them dead. They're better than they used to be, but still nothing to sling around in snow. Around Tahoe, they don't plow the snow off the roads as much as they just pack it down. On a couple of inches of packed snow and ice, I'll take my Quattro and give a Carerra a big head start. It's like cat, with 4-wheel claws. Most cars understeer these days; the average driver can handle that better. John |