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"Bob I" > wrote in message ... > 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: >> "Diode" > wrote in message >> t... Snip >> 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. -- Dad 05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51 72 Shark Black/Black/4spd |
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