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Re: Highest Speed So Far

To: "Lance K. Lipscomb" <lancekl@mindspring.com>, <MOGOWNER@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: Highest Speed So Far
From: "Stuart J. Ross" <stuross@nac.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 11:22:49 -0400
Quite true. Last year I read an interview with Jay Lenno. He was given a new
Ferrari Marinello 550 to test drive. In describing his impression of speed,
he mentioned his Morgan trike and said that the illusion of speed in the
trike was better than the actual speed in the Ferrari 'cause you were so
open and close to the ground in the Morgan. Bang on Moggers. Now you don't
have to spend $250k for the "F" car, just buy an F type. STU ROSS (63 +4)
-----Original Message-----
From: Lance K. Lipscomb <lancekl@mindspring.com>
To: MOGOWNER@aol.com <MOGOWNER@aol.com>; alevisen@gdhscats.org
<alevisen@gdhscats.org>; Morgans@Autox.Team.Net <Morgans@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Sunday, August 16, 1998 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: Highest Speed So Far


>130 MPH in a Vette does not feel like 130MPH in a Morgan.  I have driven my
>Morgan Plus 8 at over 130 (inidcated on speedometer), but it does require
>brooklands screens.
>
>Sensation of speed vs actual speed is a wonderful thing.  I had an MG
>Midget in which I could scare myself to death without exceeding the speed
>limit.  I used to run into a guy with another midget on the way to work
>ocassionally and we would wind up drag racing from light to light.  Of
>course usually in the middle of our drag races, Honda Civics and guys of
>bicycles would pass us.
>
>Lance Lipscomb
>Mog South
>
>At 08:12 PM 8/15/98 EDT, MOGOWNER@aol.com wrote:
>> If it's speed you want, buy a Vette.
>>


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