Yes - that's scary. You obviously frightened it at those speeds.
I've caught the train from Moscow to The Hague in mid-Winter - it was
much better after they added the German restaurant car at the Polish
border and we finally got some decent food. They were all prepared
for a rush of gaunt desperates in search of fresh protein and
something, anything that didn't involve cabbage and potatoes.
AndrewF
On 02/04/2006, at 7:13 PM, iwert wrote:
>
> Andrew,
>
> I can assure you that 120km/h feels very fast in a 2CV.
> We once had to catch a train for my grandmother to go to Russia, from
> liège.
> (where are the times one could take a direct train from Liège to
> Moscow? _ the train servant wouldn't let anybody else on the train
> than
> those who had a ticket, not even to help with luggage, and the wagon
> looked like the iron curtain, with bars in front of the windows, and
> at that time all trains were still matte green), anyway, our dyane did
> 1hr of 123km/h running at top speed. Me managed to catch the train,
> but
> on our way back the top speed was only 70km/h anymore! The machine
> cured itself afterwards, however...
>
> Iwert.
>
> Op 2-apr-06 om 09:24 heeft Andrew Fildes het volgende geschreven:
>
>>
>> Tumble? - nah, they bounced.
>> I did see one that ran into the back of a Land Rover - nothing much
>> left in front of the bulkhead. Good crumple characteristics. The LR
>> had a scratched rear bar. Strangely, I believe that they were
>> reasonably safe as you couldn't go fast enough to do much damage.
>> AndrewF
>>
>>
>> On 02/04/2006, at 12:23 PM, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>>
>
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