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Old 10-30-2007, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by VaSteve View Post
If she has trouble with the 5 speed, maybe she'll never get it going fast enough to wreck it.
You've obviously never driven a 240...it's just not capable of "fast", whichever transmission it has. Assuming it's a coupe, it weighs 4030 lbs with 114 hp - that's a lb to hp ratio of 35

Edit: oops, that was GVW. Curb weight is around 3000, so a ratio of 26.3.
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