Potential UK Record Breaker Steams to, uh, 80mph

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• 	toxicroach April 2nd, 2009 at 9:28 am
  Weren’t there steam cars in the 1890s that would break 100 mph?
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• 	pariah April 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 am
  Good thing they deployed that parachute.
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• 	wgmleslie April 2nd, 2009 at 9:31 am
  From Wikipedia: In 1906, the Stanley Rocket set the world land speed record at 205.5 km/h (127.7 mph) at the Daytona Beach Road Course, driven by Fred Marriott, picking up the Dewar Trophy in the process. This is still officially recognized as the land speed record for a steam car. It seems they have a ways to go… TO be fair, they’re looking at a 170 mph top speed.
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• 	Robert Schwartz April 2nd, 2009 at 11:32 am
  Also from the Wikipedia article: “The Stanley Motor Carriage Company operated between 1902 and 1917, and outsold every gasoline-fueled car, with sales second only to Columbia Electric.” All you Volt fan-boys need to understand that the Otto cycle ICE beat the alternatives coming from behind. There is not now, nor will there be, at any time in the near future, a viable BEV. The peak-oil, AGW, and national security constraints to the contrary notwithstanding, the availability of hydrocarbon fuel is not an issue. If worse comes to worst, we can make it out of air, water, and electricity.
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• 	strangeo April 2nd, 2009 at 11:53 am
  Did anyone else notice the volume control on the video player “goes up to 11” ? nice
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• 	Juniper April 2nd, 2009 at 11:56 am
  That looks like fun. I hope they make it.
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• 	cjdumm April 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 pm
  I’m surprised that unobtainium alloy frames and boilers, carbon fiber bodies, and computer-controlled boilers can’t do better than this. Particularly since the steam-powered Mallard locomotive briefly hit 126 mph with a train in tow. 71 years ago.
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• 	BMW325I April 2nd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
  Looks like a leak. Water spewing out every hole it can find.
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• 	Nicodemus April 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
  “Potential UK Record Breaker Steams to, uh, 80mph” Why belittle what is quite clearly a system test-run? Seems they were successful in the aims of the test.
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