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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:24:30 +0200
From: "Mark Gerritsma" <nl.autonopsamtmfweb.nld>
Subject: Re: Changing suspension on new 2003 9-3?


Nutmegger <nutmegger_7717nopsamo.com> schreef: >> All the cars I have tried sofar were still handling well at 100 mph >> and over. > > What cars were they? > I tried a Mercury Marquis - Bad! > A Volvo C70 - only went up to 75mph so I couldn't judge The slowest C70 ( a 2.0T) is claimed to go 130 mph. > A Honda Accord - not impressive > A Toyota Avalon - pretty good > A Corvette - wicked pull to the right, scary > Chev Pick-up - forget about trying Okay, here we go: - Toyota Starlet 1.3, 100mph top speed, least stable of them all, but still acceptable as long as there was no X-wind. - Daihatsu Applause, stable at 112 mph - Honda CRX, stable at 129 mph - Volvo 480ES, little light feeling in the front at 115 mph - Ford Escort Wagon 1.6, totally stable around 110 mph - Ford Focus Wagon 1.6, totally stable around 110 mph - Peugeot 206 1.6, totally stable around 115 mph - Nissan Sunny GTi-R, rock solid at 135 mph - Saab 9-3, perfect straight line stability up to at least 110 mph, little vibration at 85+ mph (caused by tyre) - Skoda Octavia 1.8T, apart from the stiff suspension no problems at 112 mph And before I make myself look like somebody with a lead foot: For some cars I wasn't behind the wheel at the mentionned speeds and I've done this only once or twice in the rest of them, during short trips to my neighbouring country. During my commute I have found no gain whatsoever from exceeding the speedlimit by more than 5 km/h. In fact, speeding only gets you hyped up, because you are continuously accellerating and braking because of the cars in front of you. Just cruising along at 125 km/h is much more relaxing and also greatly improves your gas milage. (literally gas, because my car runs on lpg) Mark

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