Four dead teenagers on US 64 Bypass in NC
 

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:24:36 -0500, John Lansford
> > wrote:
>
>>Police said Baker Wood, 18, was driving between 105 and 115 mph
>>Saturday night before he crashed his father's Mazda RX-8, a powerful
>>sports car, on a freeway exit ramp in East Raleigh.
>
> The RX-8 is NOT powerful (it's a downright wimpy 238HP) and it's NOT a
> sports car (it has four seats; sports cars have only 2). Nonetheless,
> the implication is correct: it's still too much car for a typical
> teenage male to handle.
>

238HP in an RX-8 is wimpy? Holy ****, do you think a small light car should
be equipped with a 600HP V-12 perhaps? Top speed of 150MPH or so isn't fast
enough? What the hell do YOU drive? -Dave

Four dead teenagers on US 64 Bypass in NC
 

Dave wrote:
> "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:24:36 -0500, John Lansford
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Police said Baker Wood, 18, was driving between 105 and 115 mph
>>>Saturday night before he crashed his father's Mazda RX-8, a powerful
>>>sports car, on a freeway exit ramp in East Raleigh.
>>
>>The RX-8 is NOT powerful (it's a downright wimpy 238HP) and it's NOT a
>>sports car (it has four seats; sports cars have only 2). Nonetheless,
>>the implication is correct: it's still too much car for a typical
>>teenage male to handle.
>>
>
>
> 238HP in an RX-8 is wimpy? Holy ****, do you think a small light car should
> be equipped with a 600HP V-12 perhaps? Top speed of 150MPH or so isn't fast
> enough? What the hell do YOU drive? -Dave
>
>
>
I gotta agree with Dave on this one. Power to weight ratio is more
important than pure power. The Lotus Elise is plenty fast with
somewhere around 160 hp. Ricer Acura Integras barely break 200 hp.

--
Steve Alpert
MIT - B.S. (Eng.) '05, M.S. (Transp.) '06
http://web.mit.edu/smalpert/www/roads

Four dead teenagers on US 64 Bypass in NC
 

>>What the hell do YOU drive?
>
> A C6. Before that I had an '03 Cobra. ;)

Oh, well compared to a C6 a RX-8 might seem a bit wimpy. But it's
definitely a sports car. -Dave