RE: Street race

["Mike Miller (Volt) (Exchange)" <a-mikemi@Exchange.MICROSOFT.com>]

I had a 71 911T that did very well in the snow. The main problem I had
was with the area in the center of the road where the snow is not
compacted and there are the tire ruts on either side - my car was
appearantly the lowest in town (just 60's for tires)  and would hit the
under carriage on the uncompacted snow for the last 4 miles home. <g>

mike

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>From: 	Peter Henriksen
>Sent: 	Thursday, June 27, 1996 4:04 PM
>To: 	'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'; 'rdh@UrQ.East.Sun.COM'
>Subject: 	RE: Street race
>
>I've always wondered how 911s do on low-traction surfaces. With all that
>weight over the driven wheels... Anybody know?
>- peter
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>>From: 	Robert Houk - SMCC Bos Desktop
>>Hardware[SMTP:rdh@UrQ.East.Sun.COM]
>>Sent: 	Thursday, June 27, 1996 3:23 PM
>>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>>Subject: 	Re: Street race
>>
>>   Well, I think on snow or ice, the Q cars are Ferrari eaters! <G>.
>>
>>On snow or ice, urabuS's are Porshe/Ferrari/etc. eaters!
>>
>>I used to quite enjoy the first coupla snows of the season; I would go
>>out Porsche-hunting in my little urabuS (which couldn't get out of its
>>own way if it jumped off of a cliff! the only car I've ever been in
>>which the 85mph speedo was wildly optimistic . . .); boy those folks
>>really hated being passed like they were standing still (when they
>>weren't sliding backwards down the hill they were trying to climb)!
>>
>>Not to mention being great parts-getter cars (you know, for those oc-
>>casions when your "real" car needed another infu$ion . . .). Boringly
>>reliable, they were.
>>
>>					-RDH
>>
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