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From: donz@tekcbi.UUCP (Don Zocchi)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Ford Tempo
Message-ID: <163@tekcbi.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 02:10:22 EST
Article-I.D.: tekcbi.163
Posted: Thu Jan 31 02:10:22 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 1-Feb-85 21:54:12 EST
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Saturday I was heading to a car swap meet in my 65 GTO.  As I was pulling
onto Highway 26 heading into Portland, the clown in front of me was going
very slow.  So, I put the pedal to the metal, and kicked in the three deuces.
About 2 seconds later, I was in the passing lane doing about 75.  I looked in
the rear view mirror, a new Ford Tempo 4 door seemed to be gaining on me.
I left the pedal at the metal, and took her up to 100.  The Tempo was still
gaining on me.  I gave up at 110 (we also started getting some other cars
on the road), and at about 70, the Tempo cruised past me.  I thought that
these cars had 4 cylinder non turbo, non anything engines with a fairly heavy
body.  Could I have been mistaken?  The car didn't have the dual spoiler of a
Merkur.  Do Tempo's go that fast?