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Subject: Re: [OM] OK, it's not flashes anymore (about those subject lines....) - OT - back to cars
From: Ken Norton <image66@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:11:31 -0700 (PDT)
> >Really, I'm doing better than I thought.  I've
> driven about 100 miles
> >on a little over a quarter tank.

Strangest thing.  My convertable RX-7 used to get the
best gas mileage when I was really hoofing it.  It
would do about 25mpg at 80mph.  At legal speed it
would drop down to 21mpg and around town?  Not quite
so good--of course I never lolligagged around in it. 
It was fun getting rubber in the first three gears and
I never hesitated to get back to the speed limit from
stoplights.

I think I went through a set of brake pads in under
5000 miles.  Tires?  They didn't wear too well either,
but cornering at the adhesion limit does challenge the
longevity of the rubber compound.  <g>

Went from that to a Chevy Suburban.  Snooze.  My
brother just got a brand new Miata with upgraded
suspension and HP tweeks.  It's amazing what an
additional 50hp does to that thing.  Any drool will
whip past your ear.

Ken (midlife crisis) Norton

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