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From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Detroit's dying dinosaurs.
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Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 04:01:19 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 23 04:01:19 1984
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Organization: Dept. of  Mental Instability, Purdue University
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[I took pictures from the Jeep as Jim loaded the Smurf with napalm and
the like ready for our night's barbeque ... ]

> Will you stop beefing about who drives what? I happen to like my Impala,
> which will,by the way, turn out 4.6's in a running quarter-mile. I don't
> know of many REASONABLY-priced foreign [cars,you call them hee hee:-)]
> which can do that. My mass missile cost me 150 dollars. I call THAT
> reasonable. Have you ever seen a foreign car as beautiful as a classic
> Mustang convertible??




  Really?  A running quarter mile in 4.6 seconds?  I would be more
inclined to think that what you meant was minutes.  By my estimation,
you would have to be travelling over 180 miles/hour to do it in 4.6
seconds!!!  I have yet to see a car that can do that, and I challenge
you to prove it.  I'm not certain, but I believe the biggest possible
engine available to the Impala was a 454 or a 442.  Start figuring
horse-power to weight to gear ratios, and I believe that you'll find
that a top end of 130 miles/hour is a lot closer.  Did you really think
you could get away with that blatant lie, or was your watch a little
slow in starting? 

  I've driven 'Vettes, Camaros, and Mustangs, and I haven't found
anything that has come out of Detroit that will even compare to a
Porsche in top speed, let alone handling.  Let's see you run a slalom
with your Impala...

					John Turner
					courtesy of ...

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Andy Banta			{decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz
Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major"
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"The shaft is bent, the rear end leaks,
 You can fix her quick with an oily rag ... "