[ale] Carroll Shelby

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 05/21/2012 12:29 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Hmm. 60 in 2cnd gear. That would put the engine at about 5100-5300 rpm.
> You had another 15-20 mph to go!
>
> My 1981 924 turbo can hit 50 in first gear pretty easily. I once punched
> from under 40 to a tad over 90 in a breathtakingly short time frame
> passing a truck on I285. It takes a gentle foot to drive in traffic :-)
> It's pretty low roof-line makes it almost need a kids safety flag :D

While attending Louisiana Tech Univ, I had a friend who owned a 
Maserati.  I don't recall anything about the care except that we made 
the 60+ mile trip from Ruston LA, to Shreveport LA in less than 30 minutes.

Scared the crap out of me.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson