High Speed

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> Yep, german cars are fun, but forget top speed unless you have a ton of
> change.

1990 Type 44 turbo quattro Avant.  Highest indicated speed so far 152
mph.  Total cost ca. $5500 including purchase and the attentions of
Scott Mockry.  Add another $150 (!!) for the 7J Fuchs alloys and new
tyres I bought off a scrapper a couple of weeks back.

Best experience so far - taking decorating materials to my son's place
and passing a Mercedes E420 convertible at 144 mph with paint pots and
a wooden step ladder in the back.

Also gave an S4 a shock a few days ago.  Taking the Hemingford Abbots
on-slip towards Huntingdon in my usual manner - real slow until I
spot a gap, then hammer down - I got an S4 flashily up my rear bumper.
Not the way to tackle that particular junction.  But anyway - when the
hammer went down it caught him completely unawares.  Then a WMB
convertible on the A1/A14 junction - tried to follow the bus and wound
up with a SEVERE dose of fishtailing.  Bet his girlfriend
(ex-girlfriend?) wasn't happy.

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 Phil Payne
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