My mistake, it was Corvette fever I was remembering. 190 on a long oval
track, 190 mph. I didn't see the 2 "back to back" runs article.

Dad wrote:
> "Bob I" > wrote in message
> ...
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>>IIRC The rag that reported it was Motor Trend, but it was "GM" test
>>personnel that took the duct taped, folded mirror C5 to 190 not 200.
>>
>>Dad wrote:
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>>>"Diode" > wrote in message
.net...
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> Snip
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>>>One of the suckup auto rags wrote that the base C6 would go 186 miles per
>>>hour. They then taped off the grill and moved the outside mirrors in
>>>against the door and made the run again. How they did this with out
>>>tweaking the electronics I don't know but it then broke the 200 miles per
>>>hour mark. My guess is that is where you might see a difference in the
>>>popup head light, at some bazaar speed or absurd accounting practice
>>>about night driving versus daytime driving fuel economy.
>>>
>
> Actually I read that in Corvette Fever Oct. 2004 page 20 but that and I
> think that maybe the saga with Motor Trend was on a circular track. The one
> I was referring to was a straight line run with a return to do it twice and
> they only turned the mirrors back, not removed them. I don't think it was my
> magazine so I can't confirm who did it.