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Old 09-10-2012, 08:59 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ryland View Post
There is no way you are going to get 80mph out of it without flipping the car over! the car doesn't have any anti-sway bars, it hardly has dampening on the suspension and a wheel base that is about as long as it is wide so at 50mph it's going to get really scary to drive, I've done that going down a really steep hill and I avoid that hill now.
Not to mention the brakes don't inspire a ton of confidence.
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