Oliver Praudisch wrote:
>With stock calipers they say it takes 262 feet to stop from what I am
>assuming is 60mph. WHAT??????????????????????
>How can this be? I checked the numbers in the latest issue of C&D and they
>show any of the jumbo SUVs and 4x4 full size crew cab Pick ups capable of
>stopping well under 200 feet from 70mph. Am I missing something here? How
>can it be?
>
Didn't find anything in the Car & Driver TR4 road test (April 1962),
plenty on acceleration but maybe they didn't actually test stopping in
the 60's? The Road & Track cover story from October 1961 is just about
features, soft stuff, no numbers. If you find some historical numbers be
sure to compare them to contemporary cars and trucks for perspective.
The only newer vehicle I've driven regularly to compare in the over four
years I've had my TR4 is the old Range Rover Classic I had for a year or
so. It did stop Really Fast ... with big disc brakes all around, ABS and
fat tires. My TR4 has supermodel skinny 165R15 tires, might be the real
difference. But after 4 years of daily driving, I've been able to stop
the TR4 whenever I needed to. Well, not counting one Ford Explorer, but
I didn't see it soon enough, can't blame the brakes. Her fender stopped
the car quickly enough. D'oh.
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Steven Newell
Littleton, CO
'62 TR4
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