Jag AWD? (long with zero Audi content)

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <01bd3998$1d571360$LocalHost@default> "Ian J Haseltine" writes:

> Shelby pumped up the body with massive arches and eventually took the
> engines up to 427ci in the MkIII. And he's the guy that we have to blame for
> spoiling our fun in the UK. Motorways used to be unrestricted roads (mainly
> because most British cars of the time were so slow that 60mph was rarely
> seen) but then people found out that AC were testing Le Mans racers on the
> M1 at over 170mph and the government promptly sh*t themselves and introduced
> the 70mph limit.

British Rail had recently upgraded the Manchester-London-Birmingham rail link 
and were boasting of their short journey times to London.  Midland Red, a 
normally ultra-conservative bus and coach operator, decided to use the new 
unrestricted M1 to compete, and bought three new coaches specifically designed 
to cruise safely at up to 110mph.
 
The speed restrictions came in before the new service could start - the 
whole thing was done in rather a rush, and Midland Red received their new 
coaches only days before the new limit came in.
 
They decided, however, that they should at least make one run as 'proof of 
concept'.  A letter to the Daily Telegraph records one businessman's 
frustration at being overtaken in his Jaguar by 'three tailgating buses doing 
110mph' as a Midland Red works outing went to London for the day.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club