Power Hungry Americans

[Lawrence C Leung]

Speaking of getting zapped (not done to me by a Maxima yet!), I got
zapped by a Contour SVT yesterday. I did get a bit surprised off the line
(didn't know the guy was intending to nab me from the right at the light.
+ come-on, it's a Contour....) so he made a length on me (his back bumper
was at my front) but then, but the end of second and into third he wasn't
really pulling away anymore. He then chose to blow through the next
light, I stopped. In reality, no too bad for a car 10yrs the senior and
some 33 HP down on the SVT. 

Now, considering that I had JUST (not more than 10 minutes earlier)
gotten out of a speeding ticket (wasn't doing anything special, just
going a little fast) it was pretty stupid to run with the Contour. But I
had to defend Audi's honor (besides, it was fun!). 

In reality, after yesterday's overall trials and tribulations on the road
(there were cops EVERYWHERE in about 120 miles overall driving) it almost
seems senseless to have a fast car here anymore. Sure, a V1 would've
helped, but you'd constantly be on total alert. Traffic around here has
just gotten too damn dense. Nonetheless, I was at the Hardware store this
morning, getting some things for my student's Science Olympiad team and
sizing up washers to just give my wastegate spring a little assist, at
least below the fool pump cut-off for now. At this point, the $0.36 seems
worth it, the cost of a good chip (such as Scott's) probably ought to go
into a V1.

Rant off,

LL - NY

On Sat, 3 Feb 2001 23:48:37 -0500 "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com> writes:
>A chipped 200q could easily outrun a Maxima on the highway-
>they're about dead even with me now, and having that instant
>kickdown of the slushbox allows them to get the drop on you unless
>you're expecting it.
>
>I'm sorry, but there's no way a Maxima is keeping up with a 200q
>once it's chipped, unless that Maxima is supercharged. You'd also
>die trying to get that thing up to 150- the steering is lighter
>than the 200 and it takes an awful lot of concentration to keep
>a Maxima on the road at speeds over 100- BTDT in a '92, '96 and
>an '00, with each successive generation getting a bit better, but
>now it's a really floaty boat of a car, even in SE form. Maybe the
>17" wheel/tire package has improved things a bit.
>
>Taka
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com 
>[mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>Behalf Of Dave Conner
>Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 11:20 PM
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Power Hungry Americans
>
>
>Taka wrote...
>"I'm tired of having Nissan Maximas able to keep up with me on the 
>highway."
>
>One version of the Maxima is capable of 150 mph in stock form.
>Dave C.
>