On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 09:06:50 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Fri 28 Jul 2017 10:24:40p, rbowman told us...

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.



The two cities I've lived in most of my life have been Cleveland and
Phoenix. Speed limits on 2 lane rural roads ranged from 45 to 55.
Ohioi freeways for about 10 years the speed limit was 80, then it was
immediately dropped to 55 during the fuel crisis, was gradually
increased to 65 and 75 depending on the area. Currently in AZ the
speed limit is 75 on major freeways, although some are 65. None of
the speed limits have ever returned to 80 or exceeded it.

The highway patrol and police are extremely vigilant with speeders.
When we first moved to the Phoenix areaa we lived about 30 miles out
of the city. There was a 2 lane road that I had to travel on the
final leg of route home where the limit was 35. I was clocked at 45
and paid a $300 fine. They will generally overlook 5 mph oveer the
limit regardless of the limit, but if they clock you they'll always
get you for a substantial fine.
I remember driving across the top corner of Montana or Wyoming in
1971/72 with the'69 dart at 104 MPH. Didn't take long