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Re: Miata move over

To: <Daniel1312@aol.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Miata move over
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:31:59 +0100charset="iso-8859-1"
References: <e2.b65dc00.2725fdc6@aol.com>
Hey Daniel,
would that be the unmarked Peugeot? (gg)
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From <Daniel1312 at aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 23 October 2000 21:47
Subject: Miata move over


> Hi list,
>
> Coming back from collecting a s/h front panel to go on my Sprite I
opened the
> car up on some nice stretches of dual carriageway.  Discovered that
even with
> a 5 speed in a Sprite (mine anyway) things get noisy at over a
100mph.  At
> one point I was well pleased to be hauling in a fast moving Miata
who had to
> move over to let me by.  I did wonder why but since a roundabout was
just up
> ahead figured I was just outbraking all the 'slower' cars.  As I was
standing
> hard on the brake panel it did occur to me that late braking has
become so
> customary to me that when I intend to brake late I have in fact
almost left
> it toooo late.  Still lesson learnt, still stopped in time and left
everyones
> rear lights in the distance and listening to the sound waves
generated by a
> little old 1960s sports car.  Oh yeah there was that one guy in the
big slick
> Peugeot decided to catch me up (I was down to 90 and heading for
outskirts of
> town traffic system and speed cameras) but he turned left where I
went
> straight on.
>
> Daniel1312
>


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