Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/29

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Subject: [Leica] Ferraris and Fire Hydrants
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:08:40 -0500
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Stasys?

Yeah, I think you're talking about the #10 car, the SunTrust Daytona 
Prototype 'Vette. Went out for a DNF on lap 14 or 15 with very rare 
valve-train problems. Overall, Corvettes have had better races!

?howard


On Jan 29, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Stasys Petravicius wrote:

> Howard- In the current running of the 24 hours of Daytona- the super 
> corvette lasted about 45 minutes. Last I saw - it was still in the shop. 
> Hope they fix it and get it running again. Stasys
> On Jan 29, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Howard Ritter wrote:
> 
>> +1: my C6 Corvette Z06, whose tires are wide enough that the car seemed 
>> barely to leave tracks in the snow the one time I had to drive it home 
>> after an unpredicted snowfall while I was at the office! Floats like a 
>> butterfly.
>> 
>> In the dry, though, it's capable of truly scary feats of longitudinal and 
>> lateral acceleration. Stings like a Z.
>> 
>> ?howard


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