Miata Mailing List: February 2000, Message #39

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On 1 Feb 00, at 9:15, Kevin Campbell wrote:

> I guess I shouldn't ask which we are going to check..
> the Top Speed or.....
> 
> I know this really doesn't help one way or the other
> but Donna had her 92B stock Miata (Elliot) doing
> 125 MPH Indicated while running on the Autobahn.
> She said she didn't even realize she was going quite
> that fast but was "going with the flow" when she
> looked down and saw that speed on the gauge.
> 
> Perhaps she was stuck in the draft of one of the
> bigger Mercedes ....?
....
Could well be. Draft helps a lot. I have seen those speeds at part 
throttle when drafting (only for short periods, of course).

Werner