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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

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 12:46:17 -0000, "PC Paul" > wrote:

>Lawrence Glickman wrote:
>
>> I'm driving a 3,800 pound car, with 200 pounds of myself, that is
>> pushing 2 tons around. That extra power from the engine does indeed
>> do something useful.
>>
>> You are driving a few sardine cans that have been spot welded
>> together, and my 6 horsepower lawnmower engine would be enough for you
>> to drive the highways if you could find the right gears. Fortunately
>> for you, most 10 speed bikes or higher already have the right
>> combination. Just weld two of them together and run a common axle
>> from one to the other.
>>
>> I'll stick with the 2 ton Beast Master. It gives a better ride.

================================================== ======
>Funny how they are still no safer in a crash, isn't it?
>
>Must be because all the badly fitting panels fall off the nasty glossy
>plastic at the first sign of trouble...

If a US made vehicle ( I can't think of any offhand, say a full sized
Lincoln Town Car ) came upon one of your sardine cans, there is no
doubt in my mind which car would win. It wouldn't be yours.

Lg

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, the best long-distance road trip car I've
ever owned, in my opinion, was my '84 Scirocco. Close second would be
the '02 GTI 1.8T. The Impala is a distant near-last, ahead of only the
vehicles that I didn't actually trust to make a long distance drive.

nate

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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?

In article >, Lawrence
Glickman says...

> If a US made vehicle ( I can't think of any offhand, say a full sized
> Lincoln Town Car ) came upon one of your sardine cans, there is no
> doubt in my mind which car would win. It wouldn't be yours.
>
Really? Merkin cars do quite poorly in crash testing - the true test
not being how crumpled the car is but whether the passenger compartment
survives, i.e you can still open the doors and don't have your knees
and ankles broken by the pedals being shoved up.

If merkin cars were so good, the Honda Accord would never have made the
best selling car in the US would it?

--
Conor,

Same ****, different day.

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

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

> If merkin cars were so good, the Honda Accord would never have made the
> best selling car in the US would it?

To be fair, the Honda Accord they buy in the US IS an American car.
It's designed in America, it's built in America, it's only sold in America.

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.

That's the same Rhode Island that's smaller than Cornwall, is it?

In article >, Lawrence
Glickman says...

> Sure if you only have a small distance to drive, on your dinky roads
> your dinky cars are just the ticket.

So good in fact that Detroit is now mostly derelict because anyone with
any sense is buying imports.


> 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.
>
Talking of which, your lorries are **** as well. You have to have 500
speed gearboxes to make up for the gutless engines which despite being
larger capacity than Euro lorries manage to produce far less power and
torque whilst using far more fuel even though they run at around 10
tonnes LESS than Euro lorries. Seems to be a common theme for merkin
engines. European/Japanese engines seem to always be able to produce
the same power on 1/2-1/3 of the engine capacity.

Anyone want a laugh?

Lets compare your gutless wallowy Lincoln Town Car to a Jag.

http://www.lincolntowncar.org/tech/tech1998.html

Engine capacity: 4.6 litres.
BHP: 205

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

Jaguar:

http://www.jaguarusa.com/us/en/vehicles/x-
type/prices_and_specs/technical_data.htm

Engine capacity: 3 litres
BHP: 227.

So: over 10% more power from an engine 2/3 the size. I won't embarrass
you by posting the specs from a 4.6 litre European car.




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Same ****, different day.

In article 70>,
Adrian says...
> 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?
>
He's a merkin. They're so feckin stupid they can't even get the
geography of their own country right.

--
Conor,

Same ****, different day.