Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 22:27:04 +0100 From: "Mark Gerritsma" <nl.autonopsamtmfweb.nld> Subject: Re: Changing suspension on new 2003 9-3?
Nutmegger <nutmegger_7717nopsamo.com> schreef: >> Do you have any idea how big Holland is? > > Not really, no. > >> With a bit of luck you can do north >> to south in about 3 1/2 hours, both at legal speeds. > > Just 3 and 1/2 hours?! > That's it? > I can drive to NJ in that time. What do you expect. The entire country is about three times the size of Connecticut (16000 sq.mi. against 5400 sq.mi). And there are 16 milion people sharing that space... >> But this is what I like about US interstates: no major speed >> differences between the cars, thus traffic is much more relaxed. > > Well, I don't know about relaxed. Well, if you're on holiday that's not a problem, but I can imagine it being a problem if your en route proffesionally. Then it may be very boring, because there is no 'action' to keep you alert. This is also partly the reason why there are no straight freeways in the Netherlands like you do see in the US. The turns in the road keep the drivers more alert. (The other reason being that the different landowners made it difficult to built a straight road even if they had wanted to) > BTW - my speedo goes up to 135, not 120 - could my car even go that > fast? On my speedo 0 to 140 km/h takes about half of the scale, while 140 km/h to 250 km/h take the remaining quarter. My car should be able to do 200 km/h - 125 mph, so it doesn't use the entire scale by a long shot. Do the US speedo's also have this double scaling? I missed which car you have, but for the idea the speeds you can reach with the a European manual 9-3 vary from 200 km/h (125mph) for the 133 hp to 250 km/h (155mph) for the 230 hp. A US model may have a speed limiter because of all-season tyres. Mark
