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Re: 120 MPH?????



So how fast did you go?  I ask because before getting my computer grounded I
Hit 97 on that same stretch (I live in Salt Lake City).  Plan on trying it
again next time I am down Moav way.

Jeremiah Curry
'84 Coupe GT (2.1 L.)

-----Original Message-----
From: c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>
To: Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>
Cc: jtl12419@MPOWERNET.COM <jtl12419@MPOWERNET.COM>; Quattro list
<quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: 120 MPH?????


>
> ditto i-80 from salt lake to nevada, and the greater
> part of nevada on the same road.  that was how i got
> to know my urq...
>
>On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Robert Myers wrote:
>
>]Have you never been in western Kansas on a straight divided highway with
no
>]other traffic and 10 mile visibility?  Under those conditions 120 mph or
>]more is merely illegal, not criminal.
>]
>]At 03:24 PM 3/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
>]>To All:
>]>Someone wrote "120 MPH" on the road.
>]>
>]>120 MPH ??   Surely he is exaggerating, or just kidding.  If not I hope
that
>]>it was on a race track.  Such speed on a North American public
thoroughfare
>]>is dangerous, irresponsible, and CRIMINALLY negligent.  If not yourself,
you
>]>put others at risk. I certainly don't want to be the victim of someone
>]>else's idiocy.
>]>
>]>My suggestion to him:  enter a driving school, where one can flaunt the
>]>vehicle in a controlled environment.  Where the participants are aware of
>]>your speeds, are aware of the risks, and have  predictable rule governed
>]>behavior patterns.  It answers the question "What can the car (and I)
really
>]>do?"   Learn something in the process, namely how dangerous it is to
drive
>]>on the public highways where one cannot predict the actions or intentions
of
>]>others (at any speed, let alone the excessive ones).
>]>
>]>Jolly Li
>]>
>]>
>]>
>]>
>]>> -----Original Message-----
>]>> From: owner-audi-s-cars@lists.emailsol.com
>]>> [mailto:owner-audi-s-cars@lists.emailsol.com]On Behalf Of William R
>]>> Brewer Jr.
>]>> Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 10:06 PM
>]>> To: Multiple recipients of list AUDI-S-CARS
>]>> Subject: Re: survey
>]>>
>]>>
>]>> I have never heard it start.  My car is for road use only and moderate
>]>> driving. i.e. occasional 120 MPH shots for short distances,
>]>> usually under 10
>]>> miles.  So, I suspect either hard driving and hot weather is the key.
>]>> BILL
>]>> -----Original Message-----
>]>> From: Frank Amoroso <FAmoroso@SVBANK.COM>
>]>> To: Multiple recipients of list AUDI-S-CARS
>]>> <AUDI-S-CARS@lists.emailsol.com>
>]>> Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 9:20 PM
>]>> Subject: survey
>]>>
>]>>
>]>> >
>]>> >Hello all,
>]>> >
>]>> >As I have recently replaced my after run coolant pump thermoswitch, I
>]>> wanted
>]>> >to ask you all,  under which conditions does your after run system
switch
>]>> >on? Does it come on after every time you shut your vehicle down,
>]>> only after
>]>> >moderate, or hard runs, etc.?
>]>> >
>]>> >Thanks,
>]>> >Frank--
>]>> >
>]>>
>]>
>]>
>]>
>]___
>]   Bob
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>]
>
>
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