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Old 09-12-2017, 11:08 AM   #23
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Default Re: road speed question

When I was learning to drive my first A, there was a few miles of the original Rt. 11 that was as it had been when retired to a secondary road in 1935 .It was so narrow that when meeting another car I would have to slow down and put the car on the edge of the road. Anyway the road was full of curves and little hills and dips but the car ran so smooth and easy on that road at 35-45 and when the car was new the state speed limit was 35mph. . The heavy flywheel of my stock 29 just kept it running easy with hardly ever having to use the brakes, it seemed to be made for that road. On the new road it would go 55 with more effort on the car and driver and would go faster but the front end felt light. Things would have been different in country where the road was straight and flat but in the hills of VA it was a good fit at 35-45.
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