Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site nmtvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!unmvax!unm-cvax!nmtvax!brooke From: brooke@nmtvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Top Speed Query Message-ID: <310@nmtvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 10:56:41 EST Article-I.D.: nmtvax.310 Posted: Thu Feb 28 10:56:41 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:08:59 EST References: <> Reply-To: brooke@nmtvax.UUCP (J. Brooke King) Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro Lines: 28 Summary: In article <> you write: > I'd like to hear if there are places in the midwest or wherever >that you can freely stand on it and "see what she'll do." > >Rei Shinozuka >ihnp4!cmcl2!acf4!hkr4627 Hey, out here in New Mexico you can easily find fairly straight (we say that when we mean only one or two sweeping curves when talking of flatlands) stretches of 50 miles or more with not a soul in sight. Even the mountainous roads are a lot of fun -- look at recent Mazda RX7 ads for one of the finer examples of fun mountain roads in the Taos area. I remember Car & Driver once calling the same area a lot of fun. There are very few state police officers in NM -- about 360 TOTAL for our fifth largest state in the Union -- so even in slightly inhabited areas like my home county (Otero, land area comparable to Massachussetts, population about 40K), one can go for 90 miles, flat out, at night -- with the lights off if it's near a full moon because we have very little light pollution. There are better areas in this state and in West Texas for long distances at high speeds than Otero county, but I know it best. I also prefer the fun mountain roads, but I do enjoy a little flat out exhileration once in a while. -- J. Brooke King at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ... ucbvax!unmvax!nmtvax!brooke