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To: BenLurkin
I used to own a Mazda wagon with the rotary. I took a friend on a long vacation from Chicago into Canada and then to Disney land if California and back home again.

I took me about a day and a half returning home from California which included stops and wandering through the painted desert/petrified forest in Arizona along with a stop for a shower and cooking dinner at a state park in Oklahoma.

On our trip out west, we went through Montana at an average speed a little over 100 mph and a high speed of 120 mph. The rotary was actually more fuel efficient the faster one drove.

I remember one time on the Eisenhower expressway in Chicago when I went from a dead stop to 70 mph in FIRST gear alone and the car was very willing to go much faster. It had a constant feeling of tremendous acceleration during that event.

21 posted on 10/25/2012 3:57:59 PM PDT by dglang
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To: dglang

That should be “Disneyland in California”, sorry about the typo, Dan


22 posted on 10/25/2012 3:59:46 PM PDT by dglang
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To: dglang

It’s a shame they couldn’t get those engines to last longer.

(I’m glad my friend didn’t try to get that RX2 up to 120 though!)


23 posted on 10/25/2012 4:25:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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