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RH77 · 06-16-2008, 11:45 AM

If you look at the "There/Back" portion of the 80 mph data set, the "Back" is significantly larger, statistically. As we know, one round-trip test generally doesn't cut it.

50 and 60 mph is indeed missing. But (GASP!) You can't drive an M3 that slow!

RH77

06-16-2008, 11:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
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