Re: Almost Reckless driving

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

In message <3.0.5.32.19981112124921.00c6c2f0@pop.netaddress.com> Aleksander Mierzwa writes:

> A Trabant doing 90kph (speed limit in Poland) is less safe than my 5KT at
> 120-130kph (the speed I, and many other drivers, are usually driving at) in
> terms of both passive and active safety. How is the handling of a Trabant?
> How are the brakes? What tires is an average Trabant equipped with?

The thought of rolling in a Trabbie makes my blood run cold.

I seem to remember the Germans paying a scrapping premium for every
one that was certified as destroyed.

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