Well it`s not really surprising is it? You only have half an engine in
there. ;)
On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, James Rice wrote:
> My 944 gets left at the stoplight all of the time by Detroit iron. But
> I'll catch them and pass them in any corner.
>
> "R. D. Davis" wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > > On July 30, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > > > --- "R. D. Davis" <rdd_at_smart.net> wrote:
> > > > > ..."BMW" (can you say "overpriced VW Beetle?")
> > > >
> > > > Hardly... a BMW has that large finny thing in the front that serves no
> > > > purpose in a Beetle. A Porche is an overpriced Beetle.
> > >
> > > Drop me a note next time you're in DC. I will change that
> > > opinion. ;)
> >
> > Let's see if I can help to mediate this dispute... I think what Ethan
> > probably meant to say was that a Porsche is an overpriced Beetle with
> > a bigger engine and a squished body, which you should be able to
> > demonstrate to him the next time that he's in your area. :-) However,
> > I have to agree that a Porsche is overpriced, as I've seen US cars
> > with even bigger engines and special handling packages, that cost much
> > less, leave Porsches in the dust at stoplights. The look on the face
> > of a Porsche owner when an ancient rusting hulk of a US automobile
> > embarrasses him by leaving him in the dust like that is quite funny to
> > observe. ROFL!!!
> >
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