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From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: GNU
Date	2026-03-31 13:03 +0100
Organization	A little, after lunch
Message-ID	<10qgd63$3aete$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 30/03/2026 21:28, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:02:19 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> MGBs had less than 100bhp.
>> That might be something to do with it
> 
> My friends and I went through the sportscar phase, MGBs, Spitfires, and so
> forth. I had a Sprite. We thought they were cool. In retrospect my
> subcompact Toyota would kick their ass off the line and around corners.
> 
I had a Spitfire I had tuned to do 110mph, and nailed the rear end down 
so hard that I could drift the damn thing. Then I saw some random 
hatchback pulling away from me on a motorway slip road while I trembled 
on the limits of adhesion. Wide wheels and tyres.

> My Sprite was fun but strained to make 80 mph. It was a '62 so it missed
> the bug-eye panache, had the slightly larger engine, while retaining the
> already marginal brakes of the bug-eye.
> 
I had one of those., Not very good engines - 950cc I think. The 1100 and 
1275cc models were a lot better. I could get about 95 out of my slightly 
uprated 1275.

> The side screens were detachable and the top required assembling a frame,
> laying the canvas over it, and snapping it down. Like on a bike you got
> used to being wet if it started to rain.
> 
That's the bunny. Again the later models were a bit better

> 

-- 
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the 
very definition of slavery.

Jonathan Swift

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