On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 18:19, <awyse@sw.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hmmm, I may stand corrected on my earlier assertion that top speed
>> has no practical use. ;-) Since I-80 through Nebraska is about 450
>> miles, each 10mph brings the state line about an hour closer. :-)
>> (Well, that's at "normal" highway speeds - once you get up near
>> 200mph, another 10mph only shaves 6 minutes or so.) But, having never
>> had the "pleasure" of traversing that particular stretch of road, I
>> will have to defer to your greater experience as to the relative worth
>> of those 6 minutes. :-)
>>
>>
>> --
>> -Jon-
>>
>> .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
>> | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
>> `-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
>>
>
> Jon, you are going to get me in trouble.. I'm already trying to track down the '69 RoadRunner I used to own.. Now somehow, I need to find a way to sell more cars so I can afford to play.. and most likely pay a speeding, excuse me SPEEDING ticket.. because I really want to try a road like that one day.. At least once to say I've done it.. I'd never had the RoadRunner over 160-165MPH.. because I-57 was the best stretch I could get to.. I usuallly used old US HWY 45.. But only had a few miles between towns.
I used to work with a guy who claimed that when driving cross-country
in his S2000, he held 120+ MPH for over 2 hours in one of the flat,
rectangular states. Early morning, top down.
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