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Old 10-11-2020, 08:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Quiz - a harder quote

Time for a harder one.
  1. Who said this?

  2. In what decade was it said?

Everybody must have experienced at some time or another the peculiar effects of wind pressure upon the steering of a car. These effects are getting more noticeable every year, particularly with the large-bodied, light-weight, high-speed types of car as made in America to-day. These cars are commonly criticised for their bad steering at high speeds, the fault being exemplified by a tendency to wander or to take sudden unexpected dives to one side or the other. [....] the root cause is simply the wind pressure on the external surfaces of the car.

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