Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihuxn!res From: res@ihuxn.UUCP (Rich Strebendt) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: My car is slower than yours Message-ID: <894@ihuxn.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 18:19:28 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxn.894 Posted: Mon Dec 3 18:19:28 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 19:49:13 EST References: <113@decwrl.UUCP> <1162@drusd.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 13 My nominee for Slowest Car honors is ... Ford's Pinto Pony MPG of several years ago. I do not know the specs on it, but my '69 Cougar just as it came off of the assembly line with a 351 V8 would take off from a light at IDLE faster than the MPG could accellerate. This comment is derived from my experiences riding the brake whilest waiting for the Pinto ahead of me to crawl up to a speed that allowed my to put my foot on the gas. Rich Strebendt ...!ihnp4!ihuxn!res