OT: Cheap cars (was: 1%...)

From: Terry Collins <terryc_at_woa.com.au>
Date: Mon Jul 30 21:35:50 2001

Iggy Drougge wrote:
>
> R. D. Davis skrev:

...snip...

> The look on the face
> >of a Porsche owner when an ancient rusting hulk of a US automobile
> >embarrasses him by leaving him in the dust like that is quite funny to
> >observe. ROFL!!!
>
> I saw a Volvo 740 on the cover of a car mag today which accelerated faster
> than a Porsche 911.

Actually, it isn't that hard to have faster acceleration than most cars
{:-) well, at least across the intersection.

Quite a few years ago I was heading into Newcastle, NSW, Australia along
the main drag; Hunter Street on my bicycle when I came beside a TransAm
or some such. The lights changed and I just pedalled off to be passed by
this TransAm about 100 metres down the road. BUT there are ten sets of
lights (or so) along Hunter Street and at each of these lights, the same
scenario was played out.

I didn't really become aware of it until the third set when the TransAm
passed in high Revs mode, then I twigged that someone was getting his
nickers in a knot that I was faster off the mark each time the lights
changed.

Needless to say, the competition was really on and the lights obliged
where we both had to stop at all 10 lights. I successfully beat the
TransAM across all 10 intersections. All he could do was shorten the
time it took to catch me and spend longer time at the next red light.

I wasn't riding a clunker or a racing bike, just my normal touring
bicycle.

To bring it back on topic - does anyone have any links to the guy who
was touring USA by bicycle with onboard computing sometime in the
70/80's?





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