On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Charlie Bell wrote:
> > >
> > > Um, Sonja... flat-out in an old Beetle is about 100kph... ;o)
> >
> > I beg to differ. I asked a friend who regularly drove one a few years
> > ago, and he said he'd get it up to 125kph at times. (And I've been in
> > various cars with him driving, I believe him. I guess the fastest I've
> > ever noted him going was about 175kph in a different vehicle....)
> >
> > ;)
> >
> > Julia
>
> Hello!!! Notice the wink after my comment. I *know* Beetles can get up to
> 75/80... <L> I was being humorous... (at least, I think so.)
>
> 175? That's discraceful.... ;o) Oh wait, klicks??? Tell him to get a quick
> car...
Trust me, you don't WANT the little 2-seater MG to be going any faster
than that, if you're the passenger. I know he took it up to higher speeds
than that, but that was as fast as I every experienced.
(And the fastest I was ever in it with the top down was about 157kph. And
if you're going to have someone with long hair in a convertible with the
top down, be sure the hair is contained in some manner, or it can get
painful for the people around the long-haired individual. Plus, the long
hair gets really, really, really tangled.)
Julia
