Re: Be careful here . . .

["Jeremiah Curry" <jeremiahcurry@sprintmail.com>]

I don't know I look up at the poster of an F50 on my wall with 0-60 times of
3.7 sec.  and a top speed of 202.  In other words not much I would put up
against it

Jeremiah Curry
'84 CGT
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Arman <armanmik@n-jcenter.com>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 7:32 PM
Subject: Be careful here . . .


>
>>
>>You saw the "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Cannonball Run" movies, right?
>>
>>How much of that junk could _really_ keep up with a 911 or a Ferarri?
>>
>>- --
>> Phil Payne
>>
>
>Be careful here . . . in a straight line (note the qualifier) there are
>PICKUP TRUCKS here in the U.S. of A. that will positively eat a Ferrari or
>911 for an appetizer, and not even wait around for lunch! Keep up with
>them? Heck, the 911 and the Ferrari would never even know which way the
>'murrican iron went.
>
>The Cannonball Run was a coast-to-coast "race" - run what ya brung -
>
>Chevrolet was selling a short-bed pickup with a 454 engine for a couple of
>years, and there was also the GM Syclone which was pretty much the same
>thing - for a while, the 454 Chebby pick-em-up was the fastest 0-100 time
>of any production four wheeled road vehicle in the world, and had a top
>speed of "over 145 MPH". Scary? You bet! But remember that the vast
>majority of roads in the US are basically straight and flat - ideal for
>this sort of lunatic fun and games. You can drive most of the way across
>the midwest (1,000 miles?) and never have to turn your steering wheel more
>than a few degrees (unless you want to make a rest stop!)
>
>I once had a ride in a 1964 Plymouth Fury equipped with a 383 inch V-8, a
>four speed, and a 3.14 or so rear end. The speedometer read to 140 MPH, and
>the maniac who owned it proceeded to demonstrate that he could quite
>handily BURY the needle in THIRD - I seriously considered walking home.
>During the 60's and early 70's, gasoline sold here for 25 to 30 cents a
>GALLON (I once paid 22 cents a gallon!), so everyone bought cars with huge
>V-8s - some of them would positively FLY - no, they wouldn't go around
>corners, yes, the brakes were a joke, but in a straight line, they could
>outrun the starship Enterprise, and not even breathe hard doing it.
>
>It is just a question of the right tool for the job - blinding acceleration
>and little else, I'll take the 454 Chevvy pickup (and remember, that was
>STOCK - anyone for a lumpy Crane roller cam, headers, and a pair of big,
>hungry four barrel carbs? Yee Haa - into orbit we go!!!!!!!). In the real
>world, with curves, stop signs, pedestrians, and other traffic, I'll take
>my Audi.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Mike Arman
>
>