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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 14 Feb 2010 02:10 On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:00:12 -0500, clare wrote: > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:37:14 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >>On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:54:44 -0500, clare wrote: >> >>>>And the emissions and safety requirements are different, too. >>>> >>>>Jeff >>> Not to forget, how many countries would you need to drive through to >>> cover the distance from NYC to Detroit - much less from Tampa to >>> Seattle or Bangor Maine to SanDiego?????? In Britain it's pretty hard >>> to drive 100 miles in a straight line. In most of Continental Europe it >>> is the same. >> >> >>But I sure would love to drive the road Princess Grace got killed on >>driving down into Monaco... >> > Some beautifull curvy roads where the european style cars come into their > own. > American iron makes poor rallye cars too. When I was ralllying in my > (relative) youth we had a 1972 Renault R12.. On the rough roads of central > Africa the American cars would not have stood up well either. Killed my > '67 Peugeot too. The '49 VW stood up pretty well, considering!!! One thing you have to give most European cars, they have handling down to a science. I had a new '78 Corolla econobox, and I couldn't take one corner too much over 45 mph. My roomate told me to take his '76 2002tii one day and I took the same corner at almost 75!!!!!!!
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 14 Feb 2010 02:11 On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:56:14 -0800, jim beam wrote: > On 02/12/2010 10:00 PM, clare(a)snyder.on.ca wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:37:14 -0500, Hachiroku ????<Trueno(a)e86.GTS> >> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:54:44 -0500, clare wrote: >>> >>>>> And the emissions and safety requirements are different, too. >>>>> >>>>> Jeff >>>> Not to forget, how many countries would you need to drive through to >>>> cover the distance from NYC to Detroit - much less from Tampa to >>>> Seattle or Bangor Maine to SanDiego?????? In Britain it's pretty hard >>>> to drive 100 miles in a straight line. In most of Continental Europe >>>> it is the same. >>> >>> >>> But I sure would love to drive the road Princess Grace got killed on >>> driving down into Monaco... >>> >> Some beautifull curvy roads where the european style cars come into >> their own. > > indeed. > > >> American iron makes poor rallye cars too. When I was ralllying in my >> (relative) youth we had a 1972 Renault R12.. > > awesome. but that was one ugly looking car. when i was in europe, i > remember seeing some dude with a renault 3.0 v6 in an r12. bet it was fun > to drive! > > >> On the rough roads of central Africa the American cars would not have >> stood up well either. Killed my '67 Peugeot too. The '49 VW stood up >> pretty well, considering!!! > > i always thought these were fun: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:220505_simca.jpg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alpine_A110_1600_-_001.jpg Oh, man the Alpine was always one of my dream cars... It just looks so damn COOL!
From: Ed Pawlowski on 14 Feb 2010 07:47 "Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message > One thing you have to give most European cars, they have handling down to > a science. > > I had a new '78 Corolla econobox, and I couldn't take one corner too much > over 45 mph. My roomate told me to take his '76 2002tii one day and I took > the same corner at almost 75!!!!!!! > The generations ahead of us thought the European cars were rough riding. They though cruising the highway should feel like sitting on a living room sofa stuffed with marshmallow. A couple of years ago my rental car in Las Vegas was a Mercury Grand Marquis. It took some effort to keep it in a straight line and not just wallow along the road, but the Old Farts love them and the soft ride. .
From: Mike Hunter on 14 Feb 2010 09:47 (Cross posting deleted, automatically) <clare(a)snyder.on.ca> wrote in message
From: Mike Hunter on 14 Feb 2010 09:48
(Cross posting deleted, automatically) "jim beam" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:D4ednbQvVo91s-rWnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d(a)speakeasy.net... > On 02/13/2010 12:53 PM, clare(a)snyder.on.ca wrote: |