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Gordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member

I don’t doubt Al’s top end, really. I was just pushing his leg. 🤣

The real problem of driving a Beetle that fast is not that they become front end light. They’re still usually kind-a sorta stable(-ish) around 100mph ( I type from experience, here).

The real problem is the severe brake fade from those under-sized drum brakes. Jump on the brakes at 100 and it will take you way over a quarter mile to stop and at the end it’ll seem like you have almost no brakes at all. (Again, experience was my teacher).

9/15/214:14 PM

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