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Keyser Söze

On 5/24/15 10:59 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2015 09:28:39 -0400, Justan Olphart wrote:

On 5/24/2015 9:08 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 5/24/15 8:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2015 04:58:55 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Wasn't the M5 easier to run too fast?

Both the Porsche and the M5 were too tempting to run too fast. That's
why I wouldn't have a license today if I still had either of them.

The M5 was fast (500 hp) but lacked the "feel" of the Porsche and was
far too complicated and computer dependent for it's own (and the
owner's) good.

For sports/performance cars of this type I am not a big fan of
automatic, sequential transmissions. The M5 would shift automatically or
you could control shifting manually using the stick or the paddles.
Still wasn't the same as the Porsche with a conventional 6 speed and
clutch. As far as pure acceleration the Porsche was faster.

The biggest difference was in normal, around town driving. The M5 felt
like a stiffly sprung BMW 535 but at 30-40 mph the Porsche still felt
like a sports car.

I was lucky to have the Corvette before we really had a speed limit.
The cops were pretty rare on the beltway before the double nickel made
speeding a profit center. I have made many laps of the Beltway at well
over 100. The vette topped out around 140 with a stopwatch in measured
miles although the speedometer said 160 or so. You could see the gas
gauge move at that speed.

I had one really rich guy friend when I was in junior high and high
school. On his 16th birthday, his dad bought him a new Jag XK150
roadster. Grrrr. Anyway, we were out on the Connecticut Turnpike one
bright sunny afternoon and he decided to see how fast it would go. We
were doing 125 when he passed a State Trooper, who pulled us over.

The trooper recognized my buddy's last name and asked if his dad was the
lawyer who handled cases for cops killed or disabled in the line of duty
in terms of collecting substantial settlements from the insurance
companies/municipalities, et cetera. Turns out he was. My friend got
away with a warning. Too cool.

My sports car supposedly will do 175 mph, but I've never had it above
110. Route 4 has County Mounties and Staties *everywhere*

Why own it then, if you are afraid to use it the way it designed to be
driven

He uses it to pull his boat.

Awwww...the two little snarks, FlaJim and John the Racist, are giving
each other reacharounds...hope they are using rubber gloves.