[Wichita-SCCA] Can a Pirus really go 100mph??

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Yeah, my Vette averages 22 mpg, and that's around town stuff, and solos 
thrown in.  75mph, with the A/C on, and the instant calculator tells me 
35 mpg. 

 Oooo  Guy Roberts 
(   )  Webmaster at wichitascca.org 
 ) /   #37 - 1994 Polo Green Corvette
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James Harrison wrote:
> My company Chevy Impala gets 32 mph at 78. Don't see much advantage to a big 
> battery. Hell the Vette got 22 mph with 373 rear end.
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>> From: david guilliams <davidguilliams at yahoo.com>
>> To: James Harrison <jimh_mic at msn.com>, brian at fiberdynamics.net,  
>> wichita-scca at wichitascca.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wichita-SCCA] Can a Pirus really go 100mph??
>> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 07:27:42 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>> My wife's Prius gets about 35 MPH at 85 mph,  with my luck I would see a 
>> trooper if I tried to push it faster than that.  I can believe that it 
>> might hit 100 but it would take a very long straight to build up the speed, 
>>  at that speed there is not much in the way of acceleration.
>>
>>
>> David Guilliams
>> Wichita Area Technical College
>>
>> "The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple." Oscar Wilde
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: James Harrison <jimh_mic at msn.com>
>> To: brian at fiberdynamics.net; wichita-scca at wichitascca.org
>> Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2007 8:59:12 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Wichita-SCCA] Can a Pirus really go 100mph??
>>
>>
>> t could go that fast because he was high. :>)
>>
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>>> From: "Brian Meyer" <brian at fiberdynamics.net>
>>> To: "Wichita Region SCCA" <wichita-scca at wichitascca.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Wichita-SCCA] Can a Pirus really go 100mph??
>>> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:55:03 -0500
>>>
>>> That speed seems a bit suspicious but the specs say its top speed is 109
>>> mph.  I wonder what kind of mileage it gets at 100 mph?  I get about 22
>>> mpg at around 95 in my MS6.
>>>
>>> What gets me is the guy looks just like Chip Foose.
>>>
>>> -Brian Meyer
>>>
>>>
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>>> From: wichita-scca-bounces at wichitascca.org
>>> [mailto:wichita-scca-bounces at wichitascca.org] On Behalf Of Robert
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:35 AM
>>> To: Wichita Region SCCA
>>> Subject: [Wichita-SCCA] Can a Pirus really go 100mph??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/04/gore.son.arrest.ap/index.html
>>>
>>> --
>>> Robert Foster / '93 Saturn this week...
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