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From: Leythos on 29 Mar 2007 20:32 On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:15:05 -0400, Mike Hunter wrote: > > Like I said you THOUGHT you were in a race LOL You must have missed my initial post where I say it could have been because the chap didn't know how to handle the vehicle.... Have you ever driven a Dakota with the v8 magnum engine? -- Leythos spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Scott in Florida on 29 Mar 2007 20:46 On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:32:00 -0500, Leythos <Void(a)nowhere.lan> wrote: >On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:15:05 -0400, Mike Hunter wrote: >> >> Like I said you THOUGHT you were in a race LOL > >You must have missed my initial post where I say it could have been >because the chap didn't know how to handle the vehicle.... > >Have you ever driven a Dakota with the v8 magnum engine? That story sounds like what happened to a friend of mine that owned a Shelby 289 Ford Cobra. He and I were going out for a beer. An MGB was next to us. I glanced over and saw a puff of blue smoke coming from the back of the B. I punched my buddy and said "I think he is racing us! Needless to say...he disappeared in the rear view mirrors..... To say your truck could beat a Ferrari is about like an MGB beating a Cobra.... -- Scott in Florida
From: Leythos on 29 Mar 2007 20:55 On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:46:58 +0000, Scott in Florida wrote: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:32:00 -0500, Leythos <Void(a)nowhere.lan> wrote: > >>On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:15:05 -0400, Mike Hunter wrote: >>> >>> Like I said you THOUGHT you were in a race LOL >> >>You must have missed my initial post where I say it could have been >>because the chap didn't know how to handle the vehicle.... >> >>Have you ever driven a Dakota with the v8 magnum engine? > > That story sounds like what happened to a friend of mine that owned a > Shelby 289 Ford Cobra. He and I were going out for a beer. An MGB > was next to us. I glanced over and saw a puff of blue smoke coming > from the back of the B. > > I punched my buddy and said "I think he is racing us! > > Needless to say...he disappeared in the rear view mirrors..... > > To say your truck could beat a Ferrari is about like an MGB beating a > Cobra.... You guys didn't read what I wrote - never said it could BEAT anything nor did I try. I said that a chap in a Ferrari appear to be gunning it and seemed frustrated that he could not pull away from me on the road we were on. -- Leythos spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Stephen N. on 29 Mar 2007 21:06 Scott in Florida wrote: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:32:00 -0500, Leythos <Void(a)nowhere.lan> wrote: >>Have you ever driven a Dakota with the v8 magnum engine? > > That story sounds like what happened to a friend of mine that owned a > Shelby 289 Ford Cobra. He and I were going out for a beer. An MGB > was next to us. I glanced over and saw a puff of blue smoke coming > from the back of the B. > > I punched my buddy and said "I think he is racing us! > > Needless to say...he disappeared in the rear view mirrors..... > > To say your truck could beat a Ferrari is about like an MGB beating a > Cobra.... Actually, not all Ferraris are that fast off the line. Many are geared to take advantage of the high speed AutoStrada and don't have the power to blast out of the hole. Trucks are usually geared pretty low so they can accelerate pretty well for a vehicle of their weight/power. An F-150 Lightening will do 0-60 and 1/4 mile in 5.2/13.9 seconds. That is faster than a lot of Ferraris. The Ferrari was most likely faster but you have to be a LOT faster to really leave someone in the dust, at least in the first block. Of course, there are also Ferraris that will do it in 3/12 seconds as well. Stephen N.--->and his daddy would have killed him if he'd crashed the Ferrari...
From: Leythos on 29 Mar 2007 21:14
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:06:58 +0000, Stephen N. wrote: > > Actually, not all Ferraris are that fast off the line. Many are geared to > take advantage of the high speed AutoStrada and don't have the power to > blast out of the hole. Trucks are usually geared pretty low so they can > accelerate pretty well for a vehicle of their weight/power. An F-150 > Lightening will do 0-60 and 1/4 mile in 5.2/13.9 seconds. That is faster > than a lot of Ferraris. > > The Ferrari was most likely faster but you have to be a LOT faster to > really leave someone in the dust, at least in the first block. Of course, > there are also Ferraris that will do it in 3/12 seconds as well. I have a 3.91 gear in the rear, which sucks most of the time, as I get about 12 MPG, and on a wet road in 4x4 mode it will spin all 4 tires at start and going into second, on dry only in 2x mode. I think the big difference was that I know the roads and they have a lot of curves and don't decel in them as the truck is solid in curves (and don't read that as saying the the other car sucks in them, I didn't imply that at all) - I think I just knew the road better and have enough to stay up with him - but it was funny watching him try. -- Leythos spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address) |