At 02:33 PM 31/07/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Note: I've got a '67 VW Beetle, but at least it never pretended to be
>anything that it wasn't, unlike those overpriced, pretentious,
>European cars. I'll bet that some people hot-rodded VW beetles, and
>tinkered with the handling, to outperform Porsches without spending
>what it cost to buy a Porsche. It's funny that some people would pay
>more for a little Mercedes than a big, comfortable, and solidly built,
>Cadillac or Lincoln would cost.
>
Back in the 1950s I was a member of a local sports car club which
also included a German fellow who was a very enthusiastic VW owner. At
meetings we were used to hearing dialogue such as "I don't see why you have
those draughty English cars, look at my beautiful VW, see how the doors
fit, why it even floats! "
Anyway, one Saturday two Morgans and the VW were proceeding South
at somewhat less than Mach 1 on Walker Road in the county where there are a
couple of sharp 90 degree turns... Morgan #1 went through the turns. Morgan
#2 went through the turns. VW went into a cornfield! After that we didn't
hear so much about the features of the VW.
Cheers
> Charlie Fox (MG TD Owner)
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Received on Tue Jul 31 2001 - 15:01:20 BST