Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:agz From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Detroit's dying dinosaurs. Message-ID: <484@pucc-k> Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 04:01:19 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-k.484 Posted: Tue Oct 23 04:01:19 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Oct-84 03:32:03 EDT References: <54@athena.UUCP> <252@umcp-cs.UUCP> <652@oliven.UUCP> <892@opus.UUCP> <561@sjuvax.UUCP> Organization: Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University Lines: 39 [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 ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Banta {decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The shaft is bent, the rear end leaks, You can fix her quick with an oily rag ... "