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Re: A War on Horsepower?

by N8N <njnagel@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Feb 15, 2008 at 10:19 AM

On Feb 13, 2:56=A0pm, George Orwell <nob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Horsepower requirements should be sufficient for safety.
>
> A rational answer to the question of what is sufficient is:
>
> 75 mph on steepest allowable superhighway grade at 7500 foot above sea
> level elevation at "standard temperature and pressure" with the vehicle
> loaded to maximum gross weight.
>
> No more and no less horsepower is indicated for perfectly adequate
> performance. =A0More is wasteful, less is unsafe.

How does one then accelerate briskly to merge into freeway traffic?

nate
 




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Re: A War on Horsepower?
N8N <njnagel@[EMAIL PR  2008-02-15 10:19:57 
Re: A War on Horsepower?
"HLS" <nospa  2008-02-15 19:23:33 

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