On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:35:00 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:26:01 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>> 
>>> I still find it quite impressive that a CAR, which is made of METAL
>>> and powered by EXPLODING PETROL, can apparently be out-accelerated by
>>> a cheetah, which is MADE OF MEAT. Then again, an adult cheetah
>>> probably weighs significantly less than an Audi TT...
>> 
>> It's all about the power to weight ratio. :-)
> 
> Finally, somebody correctly identifies the issue... sheesh.

Well, the others had good ideas as well - grip seems an important thing, 
too - power on a ice vs. power on pavement end up with two vastly 
different results.. :-)

Or was that sarcasm? ;-)

Jim

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