[RoninLB]

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/74871-bigbig-ride-its-over-2.html

Originally Posted by RoninLB

bell...I flashed on your reply..I have a few responses to make , but yours is easy....1st the background..I'm on day 5..just did 2,850 mi. or average 570 mi. per day..I just did Hy 92 in Nebraska to get a feel of real Neb...The 911 has Welt. bushings, 21/27 springs, turbo tie rods, S-03's, weighs 3,000lbs., and a beat driver..I pass Scottsbluff Neb. still heading to God's country..I want to do southern Wyoming because it's snowing in northern Wy...I want on I-80 and the best way to get there is Hy. 85 in eastern Wy..I make my cut off from Hy. and am waiting at a light behind a semi WITHOUT a trailer..Hy. 85 is an old/beat up 2 lane road in open country..full view ahead with twisties and roller coaster small dips and peaks, maybe 5ft -30ft..The speed limit is 65, but would be 50 in a sane world..65 mph is pushing logical safety...anyway the semi in front of me starts doing 70 as soon as we clear traffic..and I'm following him..this is wild..I need both hands for muscle..this goes on for about 20 miles of this 75 mi. stretch...then he speeds up to 80..I'm still behind him with left foot planted tight and not really sitting..I'm braced up against back part of seat..this is wild..about another 20 mi. at 80 mph and he slows down slowly..I fall back, must be something going on..then about 1 mi. at 55 mph. and I'm still behind him..then he slows to about 40 mph and holds that..WTF. I get the message to pass him..then he comes up 10 ft behind me at 65 mph..I increase to 70 mph..he's still 10 ft. behind..I do 80 mph and he stays behind about 30-40 ft...this goes on for another 20 or so miles. then he slows..I do the same..A car passes from other direction..then he comes up tight again..here we go again, 80 mph till the end of Hy. 85..I get on CB and thank him for the ride...definately the wildest ride the 911 has been on..If I had Bridgestone RE-71's it would not have been possible to do that ride..hills/dips/potholes/twisties, sometimes all happening at the same time on a Hy that should be 50 mph ...

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