quattro digest, Vol 1 #3217 - Driving(riding) at Speed, 4K shift light

[Pantelis Giamarellos]

161.55 mph yesterday returning home from a day long drive.
Not meaning to do it but a Peugeot 206 GTi (a model not sold in the US but
known to European listers. Good car for fast driving in twisty roads) just
p!ssed me off trying to prove it was fast enough.

Take care
Pantelis

P.S. As for the bulb why not consider swapping it for a nice LED?


----- Original Message -----
From: <l.leung at juno.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:04 AM
Subject: Re:quattro digest, Vol 1 #3217 - Driving(riding) at Speed, 4K shift
light


> The fastest I've ever BEEN in a car was 127 indicated in a '79 5.0 Mustang
with an owner added Doug Nash 5 sp, in 5th gear. Actually, it wasn't
indicated, it had to be calculated by me in the passenger seat.  It was
actually quite stable from my side of the car. We were racing an Old's
Cutlass 442 on I-495 just outside of Lynn, MA, and it did pass us JUST as
the road narrowed from 4 lanes to 2. We even had to dodge a "slow" moving
pick-em up truck in our lane after the olds passed us, no real drama except
the tremendous (probably 70 MPH) closing speed. From the ramp, we did get
our doors blown off by our friend's 5.7 liter Camaro (the big old 2nd gen
one, probably '77 or '78 and modded) but he ran out of gear at 115....
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> As for the shift light, if worse comes to worse, since it's easy to get to
the instrument panel in a 4K, (undo the screws to the "hood", pull out/up)
just pull the stupid bulb. Problem solved.
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> LL - NY
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