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Old 02-05-2012, 11:10 PM   #45 (permalink)
Ladogaboy
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You are now changing your story from what you originally related.
I'm sorry for the confusion. I should have been more clear.

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As I said, you are speaking metaphorically.
No, I am speaking literally. And as you can see, a number of people here can vouch for the fact that tires do actually lose contact with the road.

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You cannot possibly know what I've seen or not seen, and you cannot know what is in the mind of any other driver. There is no way you could have actually seen even his two front tires (in your rear view mirror, no less, if he was literally on your bumper as you say), let alone three or four of his tires. That is impossible from your vantage point.
How would you know? He was two car-lengths away while exiting the corner, and I have two side-view mirrors and a 330mm convex rear-view mirror. I can see quite a lot.

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I fully understand that you mean he almost lost contact with the road.
Apparently, you do not.

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The whole point is that he was trying to compete with you by showing he also could do whatever you did at the same speed. Fortunately nothing came of it.
Exactly.
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