Path: csiph.com!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 11:43:08 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <4b10d0c4-11a6-65e6-c8a3-0e10e24a3998@example.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="581915"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228404 comp.os.linux.misc:60338 On Sat, 2 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:02:32 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote: > >> Italian engineering also produces Ferrari (who also makes Masarati) and >> some pretty fast trains. > > I looked at a well-used California in the early '70s. I was young and > foolish but not that foolish. A rich kid at RPI had a Ferrari. It doesn't > get too cold in Italy so the 3 Webers were free of any encumbrances like > chokes. Not a car for upstate NY winters. > > They do make pretty stuff. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Allant%C3%A9 > > A neighbor had one in his driveway and when I went by and saw the Cadillac > emblem I did a double take. The design is a little dated but it was the > best looking Caddy I'd ever seen so I had to go over and find out what it > was. > > Always able to screw up a free lunch Cadillac had shoved the ill-fated > Northstar engine into it. > In terms of american sports cars, is the Chevrolet Corvette any good compared with, say a Porsche?