Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihuxx!jhillis From: jhillis@ihuxx.UUCP (Jeffrey Hillis) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: re:my car is slower than yours - (nf) Message-ID: <885@ihuxx.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 15:54:38 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxx.885 Posted: Fri Dec 14 15:54:38 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 05:47:16 EST References: <19@tekig5.UUCP> <500055@uok.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 13 My canidate for the worlds slowest car is my old '66 Saab. This was an 850cc, 3 cyclinder, 2 stroke. The only thing that allowed any acceleration at all was the fact that you could rev it to >2 million rpm. It also had freewheel; if you took your foot off the gas, the engine and transmission disconnected and the car would coast (freewheel) until you gave it gas again. I owned that car for ten years and sold it for 100 dollars more than I paid for it. Of course, I did have to rebuild the engine once: I replaced 3 of the 4 moving parts. Ah, the good old days Jeff Hillis