On 07/28/2017 09:13 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Fri 28 Jul 2017 07:06:29p, rbowman told us...

On 07/28/2017 07:53 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Everyone is different. Millions of people have an equivalent to
your car and engine and are perfectly happy with them. I've
never been reckless, but I've done my share of street racing and
high speed driving and I'd not be happy with the smaller engine.
My father, brother, and I have almost always had fast cars. You
pay more buying the car and you pay more every week for fuel.
The price of "spirited driving"

I've done my share of spirited driving in '60s era British sports
cars. Sadly a current run of the mill Japanese economy sedan would
smoke most of them. I prefer bikes though. I'm the guy on the ramp
behind you wishing you'd get out of the way -- and that's with a
650 cc engine that gets about 50 mpg if I don't get too crazy.



I usually drive about 5 mph over the speed limit. I'd probabaly get in
you way. :-)



I seldom drive over the speed limit but I also seldom waste any time
getting to it. Putting a few hundred thousand miles on a big rig alters
your perspective. The limits around here typically are 70 on 2 lane
rural roads and 80 on the interstate. Back when there was no daytime
speed limit other than 'reasonable and prudent' traffic often moved at
90 or 95. I wasn't all that comfortable on a bike sharing the road with
90 mph soccer moms.