Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: 3 Nov 2024 19:23:06 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <4b10d0c4-11a6-65e6-c8a3-0e10e24a3998@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net tGDh9pHVQtRdj2arrxG6DQrzkCDE5LUblHfLtlVX5j27PwYkxH Cancel-Lock: sha1:ksMlh9GQe0yHoaM8azFy0H/cG+w= sha256:skCxrvfq0DD+Ys3TlJ8NJnX+3sB4MWvN7bdj8eRQfpA= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228480 comp.os.linux.misc:60414 On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 08:52:28 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > I remember those days. In the UK we had lightweight things like minis > and Lotuses that would regularly compete against big American muscle > cars. > > In the wet the muscle cars were tail happy dogs and the lighter more > reactive cars would win. > > In the dry the sheer horsepower made things more balanced I had a '73 Mustang which was the worst winter car I ever owned. Even on dry pavement care was needed. When a friend would borrow it I could follow her progress around town by the squeals as she burned out. After Ford shrunk the Mustang in '74 I switched to GM products but I went with the less muscular engines. A 6 cylinder Camaro or Firebird was comfortable and fast enough for any practical use. I dod miss the straight 6 when they went to the V-6 though.