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Old 11-03-2003, 07:25 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: Acceleration

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Originally Posted by Keith
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Originally Posted by Dwayne Hicks
Hi,Something else I learned - I have the same acceleration as a Land Rover Defender V8 TDi. I almost had a traffic light to traffic light race with one the other day, and I kept up with him, even went ahead of him at one point!
I certainly hope you crushed his ego by telling him that your 11 hp trashed his 300.
Probably not a good thing to do to someone driving a two ton vehicle that has a higher top end than you do . He may have beat him light to light but 0-70 mph Dwayne would be dragging under the Rover.
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