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From: AstraVanMann on 9 Jul 2008 14:54 > Meh, I think you all put waaaay too much emphasis and importance on > platform sharing. Everything (well, most stuff heh) these days has some > shared bits, it doesn't matter, a couple of bits of trim doesn't mean they > drive anything alike. For example, the Phaeton and Conti GT - they may > share some components but that's where the similrities end. Obviously, > I've never driven either, but all the reviews suggest to me that they are > chalk cheese! Oh yeah - all very true. I mean, you could say that a Lotus Elise is basically a Metro coupe..... -- "For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."
From: AstraVanMann on 9 Jul 2008 15:05 > Unfortunately, due to the 'customer facing' nature of the job, the > company do need to implement some kind of veto. It's spelt Vito. And as that's a commercial, they'd have to implement a V-class. -- "For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."
From: Andy Dingley on 9 Jul 2008 20:44 On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 22:22:24 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: >"All Alfas are ugly little rot-boxes and you'd have to be galactically >stupid to buy one." > >Harsh, but having own an Alfa and having driven several, I have to sort >of agree. Nearly all ugly, but they stopped rotting about the same time everything did. Mine have been a Sud, 75 (both lumps) & a 164. Only the Sud ever thought about rotting.
From: Geoff on 10 Jul 2008 04:21 In article <MPG.22dd85b5bff87548989f22(a)newsgroups.telenet.be>, Tom De Moor <viperengine(a)removethis.gmail.com> wrote: > That the Bentley didn't set a time on the TG-track may be more to do > with Bentley's reaction to his testing than the car not suited to that > exercice. > Or because Tom Chilton and Ben Collins were at Le Mans ;-) -- Cheers, Geoff. www.anoraks.uk.net
From: Tom De Moor on 10 Jul 2008 05:36
In article <grt-4393EF.09214510072008(a)62.red-83-42-141.dynamicip.rima- tde.net>, grt(a)anoraks.uk.DELETE.net says... > > > That the Bentley didn't set a time on the TG-track may be more to do > > with Bentley's reaction to his testing than the car not suited to that > > exercice. > > > Or because Tom Chilton and Ben Collins were at Le Mans ;-) > > > You narrowed the identity of the Stig down to both gentlemen? ;-) TDM |