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- From: tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tom Guptill)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: highway riding
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.235831.17314@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 23:58:31 GMT
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- That (along with the fact that I'd freeze my ass off and kill myself
- in the winter. Not that I wouldn't be likely to do the same in the
- summer...) is why I drive a diesel VW rather than riding a bike. Tired of
- those nasty tailgaters? You can back the rev limiter off and shift 5th -->
- 3rd at 70MPH. The clouds of smoke are enough to discourage even the most
- avid industrialist.
-
- Tom. (35mph -> 55mph time is 16 seconds, as per VWoA specs.)
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