driving Fast [re: C5 racing]

[Chander Balakrishnan]

The only time I ever go to that type of speed and maintained it over many
miles was in a BMW 520i, driving from Munich to Frankfurt.  I was at 240
kph, and the car could not go any faster.  Two cars did pass me - an S-class
MB and a Porsche 928.  Wow.  That was quite an experience.  The car was
quite stable and did not waver at all.

Chander
87 5kcsq (SJM 1.8 bar)
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93 Eurovan



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From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
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Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 3:09 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: driving Fast [re: C5 racing]


Someone, probably on that thread elsewhere, mentioned that getting "up to"
150
mph or so is one thing, because the acceleration tends to stabilize the car.
But then,
when you try to "maintain" that level of speed, things get very light and
scary.

So, that's probably another problem, someone getting caught off guard once
they let
up on the go pedal after reaching speed, even just going in a straight line.

Ken

l.leung at juno.com wrote:
>
> Various lister's have inputed that the C5 is fast, which it is Quite fast,
> great acceleration, great brakes, and great, totally benign handling with
a
>  rather effective stability control, even when driving 10/10ths. The only
r
> eal performance problem with the car is that it's so fast and so good that
> it'll take most of us up (possibly well) beyond OUR abilities to keep up
wi
> th it. It may be a chebby and it may be made of plastic, but it isn't a
car
>  that most any of us can seriously take on an expect to win, unless the
dri
> ver is an idiot.
> As for hopped Civics and GTi's....Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha, hee, hee....