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Old 09-24-2003, 03:15 AM
Hal Copple Hal Copple is offline
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even having owned a number of high performance cars over the years, my car before my SPF being a 300 hp AWD Mitsu Eclipse, my 460 hp replica scared the wits out of me when i first got it. But eventually, i added some things to give more power, and think about more from time to time. But i have realized that i only use my full throttle very seldom, as it is just too dangerous, except on a road course, and then i am only running against myself anyway. I would like just a little more power, but the tractibility and mpg, and livability of my daily driver SPF (i actually have about 63-65 thousand miles on it now), are just too nice to sacrifice for power i really can't use. Even being experienced in my car, i am about at thet maximum acceptable safe street power now. And since i don't race on the street, why do i need any more power? So, i have enough.
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