Re: Mustang...Spitfire???

[Aaron Johnson <sugar@holly.colostate.edu>]

> 
> OK, how do you explain the Viper,  the new Corvette, and the '99 Mustang
> Cobra? They'll paste just about anything euro or Asian to a wall, and
> usually at about half the cash outlay. And, the old saw about American
> muscle cars only being straight line performers doesn't apply any more.
> 
> 

I guess you've never seen a viper try to haul itself down from 150mph a
few times in a row.  after about 7 laps at the old stapleton race track
they would have to come in for two reasons, overheating and brake fade.
That's a sports car if i've ever seen one.


aaron