On 10/01/2011 16:11, Stef wrote:
> In alt.autos.alfa-romeo,
> Dave > wrote:
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>> In alt.autos.alfa-romeo,
>>> Dave > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is that "Stef from the other side" ?
>>>
>>> ?
>>
>> Since you had said :
>>
>> " Just testing how fast the old 156 would still run and just over 200kph I
>> suddenly realized I was running on 'T' tires... "
>>
>> I wasn't sure if you had in fact survived !!
>
> Ah, that other side. :-)
>
> Don't worry, the 'T' tires didn't blow up instantly over 190. :-)
> (Maybe they will in the movies)
>
> Guess doing over 190 at high temperatures with full load for a long
> period of time would not be advisable. But under light load at lowish
> temperatures they should be OK for a while. But as I was not out to test
> that theory and liked to be on the safe and legal side, I slowed down to
> 160, which suddenly seemed rather slow.
>
>> Dave S..... (with a huge>) as I've just seen my 1st road-going 8C -
>> spotted in Raynes Park, SW London at about 15:00 hours today. I wonder if he
>> was doing the school run. Nah, seems a bit unlikely. )
>
> Nice! So far only spotted a few stationary ones on alfa days myself.
>

Not seen one myself.

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