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Old 09-22-2012, 05:05 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JethroBodine View Post
Glad you made it back and sorry I didn't get to meet you on the Salt.

I'm going to try for the Loring Air Force Base mile run in Northern Maine, next year and maybe Bonneville.
If you get to do it be especially careful about your stopping distance.I did a complete throttle lift at the mile and coasted at closed throttle until about 200-yards from the turnoff,just kissing the brake pedal bit-by-bit.The 3/4-mile exit came very fast and your Jetta is just gonna want to roll and roll.
This is why the Texas Mile concerns me.The truck has so little drag that the brakes become really important,and they say that there's very little distance to decelerate.
Hope Loring AFB is longer!
I missed the visit also,but we'll get together out there sometime/somewhere.
I was at a Best Buy in Las Cruces,New Mexico and showed your car online to my friends the Gilkisons,whom I got the T-100 from.They loved it! I do too.
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