Hi Josef,
I think it's more about the first time over 100, it reminds me of my
very early days in youth also.
1962, still 15, no license, "Bedford Flats", a 1/2 mile straightaway
just outside of Mt. Kisco, NY, only straight bit of road for 20 miles.
"Borrowed" my Dad's brand new '62 Olds (a Company car).
Out of the corner at 60+, hard on it till over the century mark and
really hard on the brakes to get around the next corner. My first
time over 100.
Really dumb, really exciting, really crazy. Would I ever do it again?
Would I ever tell anyone I did this?
Never.
Rob (by the way, I drove from Saarbrucken all the way to Frankfurt
at over 100 with my new '72 BMW 2002, I absolutely loved the Autobahn's)
On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:51 PM, john spaur wrote:
> I started the thread just for fun; that's all. If you recall my
> original post I was in high school at the time.
> Not saying I would do it now days but I have in modern driver setup
> for the task however, we don't have an Autobahn in the U.S.
>
> regards,
> John
>
> At 08:42 PM 4/11/2012 +0200, Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com wrote:
>> I really do not understand this discussion. Even living 1 mile from
>> a German
>> Autobahn (Motorway) exit I never had any desire to go with one of
>> my Healeys
>> to reach the 100 MPH. I can do it any day with my daily modern
>> driver, but
>> even with that car I see no real reason to do it. I want to drive
>> my Healeys
>> without taking any risk to blow the engine, which is bullet prove
>> except when
>> going to these high revs.
>> Sorry, for me this discussion reminds me to my very early days in
>> youth.
>>
>> Josef Eckert
>> Konigswinter/Germany.
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