Re: XR6T launch control in action.         


Author: Kwyjibo
Date: May 17, 2008 06:29

"Noddy" home.com> wrote in message
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> "Kwyjibo" ozdebate.remove.com> wrote in message
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>> 190km/h isn't quite what I would consider 'cruising'. Even with its
>> fairly good aerodynamics, a VE has to push a lot of air out of the way at
>> that sort of speed.
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> It'd certainly be interesting to find out what it was really doing.
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> He told me it got 28 miles per gallon at 190 (why he used miles per gallon
> and km/h I don't know but he did),

Probably meant 28l/100km :-)
> and either he's fucked up his figures or I have, or that's what it
> actually got.
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> If it did get that kind of mileage I wouldn't really be surprised. The
> things are geared as tall as Mt. Everest.

Yeah, but even tall gearing can't beat wind resistance.

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