Rick Cavallaro gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:
When I test drove a jaguar, I did a full emergency stop from 130mph.
Took nearly a mile.
Wow - that's truly atrocious! Were you sleeping at the time? I
guarantee I could do that in 1/4th that distance without waking my
passenger in my old Mazda.
Quite.
A quick google for high speed stopping distances found this -
http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/pdf/Spee...gDistances.pdf
Braking distance from 140mph? 230m.
The formula used by the HC is, allegedly, x^2 รท 20 + x = Total stopping
distance in feet where x = speed in mph.
30mph = 75ft
40mph = 120ft
50mph = 150ft
130mph = 975ft
The formula used for thinking distance is simpler - 10ft per 10mph.
So subtract that, and you're at 845ft or ~280m.
Either way, TNP's mile or 1600m seems a rather huge under-estimate.