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Su-wweet!

Lindy — 3/19/2006 11:19:41 PM (archived)

Cool, sometimes I miss my old Mustang (I had the 35th Edition).
I see you changed out the tires and added the louvers to the back window, looks mean and fast. Like the race stripe too. Did you add all that? I used to love passing everyone in mine....swing out, put the pedal down and VROOM! you're gone like a rocket! Solid and powerful.

The new Audi turbo diesel is pretty quiet. Almost silent. And NO exhaust, clean as a whistle. The power band for it is between 3,000 and 5,000 RPM. 650 Horsepower.
I have some home movies of the race; maybe I can get my son to zip them up and send them to Robert to put up here.

In the meantime, here's my new mode of travel, traded in my last sportscar (a Celica GT hatchback) for a mountain climbing SUV:

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• 157 mpg car to go on sale soon. - Lee - 3/19/2006 8:52:58 AM
  • Having looked it over a bit, I have some comments. - David F Mayer - 3/26/2006 5:20:25 AM
  • Basic version only goes 75 mph. Not sure I can drive that slow. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/20/2006 5:42:39 PM
    • 160 kmh = 100 mph - Laurie Street - 3/20/2006 8:45:58 PM
      • 100 mph isn't fast enough?? - Lindy - 3/21/2006 3:31:51 PM
        • Nah - this might do it, though - Laurie Street - 3/21/2006 8:10:06 PM
          • Wow, that's SOME car! - Lindy - 3/21/2006 11:15:10 PM
            • My personal dream car - Laurie Street - 3/22/2006 10:05:22 PM
              • re: My personal dream car - Lindy - 3/22/2006 10:33:14 PM
      • Huh! I did the translation on 120. Should have cut and pasted. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/20/2006 9:54:09 PM
  • I want a one-seat car - SDF - 3/20/2006 4:12:48 PM
    • How about this? - REB - 3/23/2006 9:13:39 PM
    • The US should be marketing them - Lindy - 3/20/2006 6:32:13 PM
      • re: The US should be marketing them - SDG - 3/20/2006 8:46:16 PM
        • Mom caught using decoy passenger in her car so she could drive in the carpool lane - SDF - 3/23/2006 3:56:24 PM
        • I just realized that you must be over 40 years old. - SDF - 3/22/2006 11:27:15 AM
          • 31, but still old-fashioned I guess (n/t) - SDG - 3/22/2006 4:59:43 PM
            • I'm 103 and still go out on "dates" - Lindy - 3/22/2006 10:35:02 PM
              • Ya look darn good for 103, girl! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 3/22/2006 11:29:00 PM
        • Maybe the car could be designed to split in half lengthwise - SDF - 3/21/2006 3:04:09 PM
  • How much does it weigh? How many does it carry? How much trunk capacity? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/19/2006 7:38:12 PM
    • Check the website - Larry J - 3/20/2006 3:57:51 PM
      • rear facing back seats - SDG - 3/20/2006 8:37:56 PM
        • re: rear facing back seats - SteveS - 3/21/2006 12:51:03 AM
        • re: rear facing back seats - Larry J - 3/20/2006 9:53:11 PM
          • re: rear facing back seats - SDG - 3/20/2006 11:30:57 PM
            • Qutie a few - Larry J - 3/21/2006 2:01:29 PM
              • I was referring to the smaller ground attack aircraft - Lee - 3/21/2006 3:20:36 PM
            • Pretty much all of the ones with a tail gunner. (n/t) - Lee - 3/21/2006 7:01:13 AM
            • images - sdg - 3/20/2006 11:33:49 PM
  • The LS model is probably too underpowered for the US market - Larry J - 3/19/2006 6:13:51 PM
    • Does it say if the car has what is needed to make it U.S.-legal? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 11:03:18 PM
      • Not that I saw - Larry J - 3/20/2006 2:05:48 PM
    • I thought the same thing. - Lee - 3/19/2006 8:44:28 PM
  • It's a Beauty - Lindy - 3/19/2006 11:11:03 AM
    • Amazing - SteveS - 3/19/2006 5:06:04 PM
      • New AUDI turbo-diesel - Lindy - 3/20/2006 12:06:55 AM
      • Su-wweet! - Lindy - 3/19/2006 11:19:41 PM
        • re: Su-wweet! - SteveS - 3/20/2006 2:19:21 PM
      • The new stang is a sweet ride. - Lee - 3/19/2006 8:42:15 PM
        • re: The new stang is a sweet ride. - Lindy - 3/19/2006 11:25:53 PM