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Re: Miata

To: "Spitfire List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Miata
From: richard jackson <richard.jackson@nene.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:49:55 +0000


james carpenter wrote:

> Have you seen the new Honda 2 seater.  Guess where it got it's styling from,
> it's a bit of XJS and a bit of Spitfire.  Very nice.  P.S. Who saw Top Gear
> brake the 180 MPH circular track record for a production car (Held by a Jag)
> with ease, taking it to 194 MPH in a mere McClaren F1!!!  The tyres they
> were using were good for 240 MPH, but with the cornering etc, they started
> to blister at 200.3 and so he had to ease off.  If they get the tire thing
> sorted they could easily broken 200 MPH. PS the hands free speed for the
> track is 94 MPH so it must have been a lot to keep it in a circle.

And whose seen the Daily Star this morning, complete with the headline about an
idiot who trashed his McLaren into a tree!!!  Not alot left of it after it
caught fire(complete with ocupants inside!!).

go to :-

http://www.megastar.co.uk/site/today/news/latest/index.html

and select the appropriate headline down the side!

Rich


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