Re: 99 litenin: competition

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Tue May 04 1999 - 04:04:23 EDT


At 04:18 PM 5/3/99 , you wrote:
>
>Well, I have before me the brochure for the 99 litenin. I'm in the Navy
>and knowing what I drive, my Cheif decided to drop this by. Hmm, looks
>like a challenge. (his is a 4x4 f-150, the SS/T is not afraid.) Anyways,
>it says here 14.6 @ 97 mph. So I guess the talk of 13.1 at 120....ect is
>just Fast Fords and stupid mustangs (the magazine) being a little too
>optomistic. Still, that is a quick ride, an is about a second quicker
>than my truck. Well, better get to it I guess.
>

  That's what I thought too, but a buddy of mine said that Car & Driver got
a low 14 (or maybe a high 13?) out of it, so I'm not sure what to think.
(Does car and driver do their own testing?) If anyone sees one at the
track, let us know what it runs in the "real world"! :-)

                                               -Jon-

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