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Re: a dumb query? pls humor me



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On 03/01/07 08:30, Mitja Podreka wrote:
> Steve Lamb wrote:
>> Mitja Podreka wrote:
>>  
[snip]
>>
>>     Speed is not nearly as dangerous as the *difference of speed*.
> What I meant is: "why do you need a car which can go 250km/h if your
> country doesn't allow you to go faster than 130km/h."
> Saying that I must say that driving 130km/h with Yugo or same speed in
> BMW is completely different thing.

"Top speed" *usually* relates to acceleration (specifically, the
ability to merge into 130km/h traffic) and always relates to engine
power (ability to power a fully loaded vehicle up a large hill at
cruising speed).

That's why "people" buy excess engine capacity: for those times when
they need it (many points in time during the a day, and some weekends).

A transmission that would let an engine run at almost idle while
cruising at 100 km/h while pulling a lightly loaded vehicle would
help.  (Are you only enough to remember when 4-speed automatic
transmissions were new and great?)

Variable cylinder usage would also be useful.  (Our minivan doesn't
always need all 6 cylinders banging away.)



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