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Logan Shaw ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

>>> Your entire Country could easily fit inside one of our States.

>> Could it fit inside Rhode Island?

> That statement doesn't imply that any European country can fit inside
> any of the states in the US. It simply implies that that can fit
> inside ONE of the states in the US, and that is definitely true.

Yes, I know that. I'm just trying to get Laurence to be *specific*.

> Since I live in Texas, I will give an example of what driving across
> Texas can be like.

Yes. I know. I've done it. From Boston, MA to Sacramento, CA, via Savannah,
N'awlins, and Amarillo.

In a Citroen 2cv. All 602cc of it. With no aircon.

Death Valley was a little warm, I have to admit. At lunchtime. In August.

Lawrence Glickman ) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

> Best I ever rode in was a full sized Lincoln Town Car. You have to
> get used to driving one of those...as there is no sense of ROAD under
> the vehicle. It is more like piloting a boat

I'll bet. An oil tanker.

Thank **** your country doesn't have corners on the roads, eh?

Logan Shaw ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

>> Just keep voting for Bush, the whole world needs to look down on
>> someone

> We can't because he can't be on the ballot. This being his second
> term in office, he is now never eligible to run for President again
> due to the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which spells out term
> limits for the office of President.

<shrug>
There's another one to go yet.

> Term limits are part of the principle of limiting the power of government

<raises eyebrow>
Go on, we're listening...

Conor ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

> Remind me again what the top selling car was in 2005 in America? Oh
> yeah...Toyota Camry.

A car that sold so badly here they pulled it.

Lawrence Glickman wrote:
> It makes no sense to build a car designed for 200 miles/hour when the
> speed limits here are 65 Max.

Not really true. Texas law allows for speed limits of 75 mph and even
80 mph in certain cases. These are only allowed in counties with very
low population densities (15 people per square mile). Texas even allows
a 75 mph speed limit on undivided two-lane roads. If you've ever been
to west Texas, you know that in certain portions the fact that something
is a two-lane road may not matter much, since you're unlikely to see
other cars very often. It is not uncommon at all to be driving on a
major road and not see any other cars on the road with you from horizon
to horizon.

On the other hand, even in these situations, a car without very good
handling is usually sufficient, since the terrain is generally as
flat as a pancake and the roads are perfectly straight for mile after
mile.

- Logan

Logan Shaw wrote:
> At only about 245 km^2 land area, the UK has less land area than
> any of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New
> Mexico, Oregon, Texas, or Wyoming.

Oops, that should read 245,000 km^2. :-)

- Logan

Lawrence Glickman wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:24:31 -0500, Nate Nagel >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Lawrence Glickman wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:23:49 +0000, Peter Hill
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 03:42:52 -0600, Lawrence Glickman
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I'll stick with the 2 ton Beast Master. It gives a better ride.
>>>>
>>>>I have had the misfortune to witness how a 2 ton POS has to be driven
>>>>to make decent progress on our roads in the UK. He was maxed out at
>>>>60mph and could only do this speed by using the WHOLE road width verge
>>>>to verge at every curve. The body roll looked quite disturbing. I'm
>>>>fairly sure I could go about 80mph down that road and still not touch
>>>>let alone cross the white lines into the oncoming traffic's half of
>>>>the road. If I used all the road like the POS, I'm sure 100+mph would
>>>>be possible. Unlike the owner of the POS I won't be testing this as I
>>>>don't want to be sampling prison food for dangerous driving. I would
>>>>like to hear him explain to a magistrate that it was perfectly safe as
>>>>he could see over the hedge top. He won't see an Elise or TVR or
>>>>Noble, on test from the specialist sports car dealer at the end of
>>>>that road, though a 60" high hedge until it's way to late.
>>>>
>>>>The village I live in has traffic calming humps, tarmac bumps about 4"
>>>>high and 5ft long, across the full width of the road. I and most
>>>>others in Euro/Jap cars drive over these at 30mph without drama.
>>>>Heavy, softly sprung MPV's, SUV's and the like either pogo for 100yds
>>>>or have to slow down to under 20mph to avoid being bounced out their
>>>>seats.
>>>
>>>
>>>In the US we have big road and big machines and lots and lots of
>>>space. Your entire Country could easily fit inside one of our States.
>>>I once took a Fiat from Rhode Island to Florida and back again. That
>>>was _not_ fun.
>>>
>>>Sure if you only have a small distance to drive, on your dinky roads
>>>your dinky cars are just the ticket. Just bring that dinky
>>>rollerskate over here, the skateboard with a steering wheel on it, and
>>>try driving from NY City to San Diego California and back. If you are
>>>alive by the time you leave New York State, you'll be wanting to see a
>>>proctologist for your impacted rectum.
>>>
>>>For your environment, dinky makes sense. You live in a dinky country.
>>>Here...dinky will be run over by a truck and the lorry driver won't
>>>even feel the bump.
>>>
>>>Lg
>>>
>
> ================================================== =========
>
>>Hmm, I guess I must be odd,
>
>
> It's possible.
>
>
>>the best long-distance road trip car I've
>>ever owned, in my opinion, was my '84 Scirocco.
>
>
> Best I ever rode in was a full sized Lincoln Town Car. You have to
> get used to driving one of those...as there is no sense of ROAD under
> the vehicle. It is more like piloting a boat or an airplane.

Yuck. You've just described everything I hate about big cars. I'd like
at least a little road feel, please, and something resembling a
comfortable, supportive seat. Acceleration and handling would be
special, too.

nate


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Senor Osito wrote:
> "Conor" > wrote in message
> t...

>> TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE BHP from a 4.6 litre engine. **** me, I'd want my
>> money back.

Personally, I wouldn't care either way. To me, the displacement
of an engine isn't a specification that matters to me when it
comes to performance. If two engines have the same power curve,
same reliability, same weight, some fuel economy, same cost, etc.,
and one is a larger displacement than the other, I regard that as
wholly unimportant, even if it may be interesting from an engineering
point of view.

> But that's good for a yank innit? My cousin in Florida once
> had an AMC pacer that had IIRC 175BHP from 5.7 litres.......

I once owned a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham with a
260 in^3 (4.3 L) V-8 engine rated at 110 hp. It was big, heavy,
slow, and unreliable but with a spacious interior and a large
trunk. Overall, a really terrible car, although 1980 was quite
possibly the worst year ever for the US car industry. Having just
done a lot of research, apparently cars made by US companies are
now more reliable than European cars, at least among those sold
in the US market. (It's possible the European makers have some
great models they are holding back and not selling here. In fact,
it's not only possible -- it's probable.)

- Logan

Stuart Gray wrote:
> "Lawrence Glickman" > wrote in message
> ...
>> a "****ing gudgeon pin"
>>
>> nope, that doesn't come up in my dictionary search. try again.
>
> Try a real dictionary. An English one. From Oxford.

The Oxford American Dictionary, which is published by Oxford University
Press, I believe, does have "gudgeon" in it. The Oxford American Desk
Dictionary and Thesaurus (also OUP) doesn't have "gudgeon" in it.

Neither has "****ing gudgeon pin" in them as a phrase.

- Logan

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:47:47 -0600, Lawrence Glickman
> wrote:

>On 05 Mar 2006 19:29:40 GMT, Adrian > wrote:
>
>>Lawrence Glickman ) gurgled happily, sounding
>>much like they were saying :
>>
>>> Your entire Country could easily fit inside one of our States.
>>
>>Could it fit inside Rhode Island?
>
>The State of Rhode Island is too large for a dinky Eurocar. If you
>just want to go to the shopping center, your dinky Eurocar isn't even
>any good for that; there is no room in it for the goods you are going
>to purchase.
>
>Please keep your dinky cars off our superhighways. They make a
>terrible *spot* on the windshield when we hit them.
>
>Lg

My dinky car will take 2 6ft glass shower doors with the tailgate
shut. Go on tell me your town car will take one sideways.
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