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From: pal@crystal.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: skidpad numbers: Vette vs Porsche
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 16:48:31 EST
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On the subject of skidpad numbers vs. handling:
The April Car & Driver has a comment from a Daimler-Benz tech type to the effect
that (paraphrased) "We do not put much emphasis on high skidpad numbers.  The only
time a driver creates a lateral acceleration of 0.85g on a public road is just
before a crash."

Anil Pal
U. of Wisconsin - Madison