Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
I was supposedly clocked going 47 in a 25. Up a steep hill... from the stop sign at the bottom... in a ten year old 2.1 liter diesel Ford Tempo.


I drove a 15-year-old Ford Escort with roughly a 2.0 liter engine around for about a year, so I know exactly what you're talking about. While we don't have the Rocky Mountains, we don't have many flat areas around Pittsburgh, either. Most roads go up for a while, then down for a while...

The best thing was that the Ford had some engine trouble that no mechanic was ever able to figure out, so punching the gas had very little effect. That car would not be hurried by any man. Oh, and flipping the brights on when going around a sharp curve was a bad idea, because it would cause all of the lights in the car to go out completely.

Good times.

Josh