Funny you should have a story like that Don and I don't want to highjack this thread but I have experienced that sort of thing personally. I once worked for the Fiat, Lancia, Lada motor Vehicle dealer in one of our fair cities and with the elderly car groomer we were sent up to Dunedin to take delivery of two brand new top of the line Fiats. Now I can't remember how many miles between the two cities but it used to take 3 to 3.5 hours drive at about 60 mph. Well to cut a long story short, we, the groomer and I, left Dunedin together but once I got on the motorway (freeway) I put the the go pedal down and ran that baby in at an average of 130kmph (80+ mph) all the way home. That same car was sold to a manager of the local Freezing Company who also drove it hard. The car that the groomer drove sedately was on sold to a retired farmer that drove it conservatively and had all types of trouble mechanically where as the one I drove purred throughout it's life. Something that has always stayed in my mind.