Aston Miata?

Scott Hughes > wrote:

>Did you look at the full size pics, or just the thumbnails? Looking just
>at the small pics on the page you linked, it looks kinda cool. But when
>you see the full size images, it's really rather hideous.

I looked at the small pictures and it is really incredibly hideous. I guess
I will skip the full size ones, being on a phone line.

Leon

> -Scott
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>Scott Streeter > wrote in
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>> http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/...to-an-aston-ma
>> rtin/#more-3397
--
Leon van Dommelen Bess, the Miata Bozo, the Miata
http://www.dommelen.net/miata
The only thing better than a white Miata is two white Miatas

Scott Streeter > wrote in
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> Not one for making Car A look like Car B but this is kinda cool.
>
> http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/...tin/#more-3397

Just for comparison:

http://www.astonmartin.com/ENG/thecars/db9/db9volante

I think it may cost a bit more....

XS11E wrote:
> Scott Streeter wrote:

>> Not one for making Car A look like Car B but this is kinda cool.
>>
>> http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/...tin/#more-3397
>
> Just for comparison:
>
> http://www.astonmartin.com/ENG/thecars/db9/db9volante
>
> I think it may cost a bit more....

Anyone else find this part disturbing? "Special tilt sensors detect the
danger of a possible roll-over and deploy two strengthened hoops from the
rear seat headrests."

Or do I just have a waaay too vivid imagination?


Iva & Belle.)
'90B Classic Red.)
#3 winkin' Miata

"Iva" > wrote in :

> XS11E wrote:
>> Scott Streeter wrote:
>
>>> Not one for making Car A look like Car B but this is kinda cool.
>>>
>>> http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/...ata-into-an-as
>>> ton-martin/#more-3397
>>
>> Just for comparison:
>>
>> http://www.astonmartin.com/ENG/thecars/db9/db9volante
>>
>> I think it may cost a bit more....
>
> Anyone else find this part disturbing? "Special tilt sensors
> detect the danger of a possible roll-over and deploy two
> strengthened hoops from the rear seat headrests."
>
> Or do I just have a waaay too vivid imagination?

What's disturbing about it? You have a roll bar when and if needed and
only then. That's sorta neat, I think.

It's also not unusual. Mercedes has been doing that for quite some time.

Chris
99BBB

"XS11E" > wrote in message
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> "Iva" > wrote in :
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>> XS11E wrote:
>>> Scott Streeter wrote:
>>
>>>> Not one for making Car A look like Car B but this is kinda cool.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/...ata-into-an-as
>>>> ton-martin/#more-3397
>>>
>>> Just for comparison:
>>>
>>> http://www.astonmartin.com/ENG/thecars/db9/db9volante
>>>
>>> I think it may cost a bit more....
>>
>> Anyone else find this part disturbing? "Special tilt sensors
>> detect the danger of a possible roll-over and deploy two
>> strengthened hoops from the rear seat headrests."
>>
>> Or do I just have a waaay too vivid imagination?
>
> What's disturbing about it? You have a roll bar when and if needed and
> only then. That's sorta neat, I think.

In article >, "Iva" >
wrote:

> Anyone else find this part disturbing? "Special tilt sensors detect the
> danger of a possible roll-over and deploy two strengthened hoops from the
> rear seat headrests."
>
> Or do I just have a waaay too vivid imagination?

What could happen that would be worse than getting crushed in a
rollover? I mean, you can only be so dead...

--
Lanny Chambers
'94C, St. Louis
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

Lanny Chambers wrote:

> What could happen that would be worse than getting crushed in a
> rollover? I mean, you can only be so dead...


Here's one.

A few years ago, a guy in Austin drove his 280Z up into an overpass at
relatively high speed and became wedged with the car on fire. Some
people tried to help him, but all they could do was listen to him scream
and burn. He was DOA when the Fire Dept. arrived.
I'll take a rollover over that anyday. Hell, drop the car directly on
top of me before that.
I don't know if anyone had a fire extinguisher or not. I carry one in my
trunk, but it is a little thing and I am skeptical about its ability
against a large gasoline fire.

After nearly being forced up onto an embankment that probably would have
rolled my miata almost immediately after buying my first one, a rollbar
has become the very first modification that I do, even though there are
drawbacks to using them off of the track and I think that the car looks
better without it.

Pat

Lanny Chambers > wrote in
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> What could happen that would be worse than getting crushed in a
> rollover? I mean, you can only be so dead...

Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens
that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference
between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With
all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can
do.

Inigo Montoya: What's that?

Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

In article >,
XS11E > wrote:

> Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

Damn, I loved that movie.

--
Lanny Chambers
'94C, St. Louis
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in
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> OK, I give ..........What movie is it? Sounds worth checking out.

The Princess Bride.