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From: John_H on 4 Sep 2009 03:06 Rheilly Phoull wrote: > >I'm suprised no one has mentioned the mighty Austin Healy ?? Did you mean the English rugby player or the car? :) The latter was in fact called Austin-Healey (from a collaboration between one Donald Healey and Austin) although ignert folks frequently leave out the hyphen (same as they do for Rolls-Royce). :) -- Pedants-R-Us
From: Roger/DAVO on 4 Sep 2009 04:37 "PhilD" <replytonewsgrouponly(a)aussient.com.au> wrote in message news:hlYnm.15733$ze1.12649(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "Dan----.-" <HsvtourerR8PhantomM6(a)car.com> wrote in message > news:02b03d3b$0$20627$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:08:17 +1000, Jason James PCM code reading says: >> >> >>> >>> The only car I really liked, but never owned, was an LC et al 6cyl >>> Torana. The 161s were quite nippy given the engine size. >> >> If you think they were nippy the LJ XU1 GTR was quiet a rocket. :-) >> > And the drivers of purple ones thought they were even faster, until you > changed from 3rd to 4th alongside them when they were already flat out. > Was more impressed with a V6 Capri on the same night across the Hay plains > in one October. Then there were the SLR5000's with a tank so small that > they needed to stop at every service station when pushed. > > PhilD I had the blue one and the V6 Capri was no match whatsoever for the XU-1 as those who were game enough to try me found out. Even the Valiant Charger V8 was no match. Roger/Davo
From: Jason James on 4 Sep 2009 05:11 "Roger/DAVO" <Rogerfanclub(a)live.com.au> wrote in message news:02b0c179$0$20612$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > > "PhilD" <replytonewsgrouponly(a)aussient.com.au> wrote in message > news:hlYnm.15733$ze1.12649(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> >> "Dan----.-" <HsvtourerR8PhantomM6(a)car.com> wrote in message >> news:02b03d3b$0$20627$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>> On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:08:17 +1000, Jason James PCM code reading says: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> The only car I really liked, but never owned, was an LC et al 6cyl >>>> Torana. The 161s were quite nippy given the engine size. >>> >>> If you think they were nippy the LJ XU1 GTR was quiet a rocket. :-) >>> >> And the drivers of purple ones thought they were even faster, until you >> changed from 3rd to 4th alongside them when they were already flat out. >> Was more impressed with a V6 Capri on the same night across the Hay >> plains in one October. Then there were the SLR5000's with a tank so small >> that they needed to stop at every service station when pushed. >> >> PhilD > > I had the blue one and the V6 Capri was no match whatsoever for the XU-1 > as those who were game enough to try me found out. Even the Valiant > Charger V8 was no match. The 318 maybe,..but not the 340 Charger. Jason
From: jonz on 4 Sep 2009 05:31 Athol wrote: > Charles <CSpanner(a)poppy.net> wrote: > >> idiot > > Yes you are, woger. > > [plonk] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *plonk* the safe house for the softcock brigade........whooo hooooo.. > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992
From: Roger/DAVO on 4 Sep 2009 05:55
"jonz" <fj40(a)diesel.com> wrote in message news:4aa0de55(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > Athol wrote: >> Charles <CSpanner(a)poppy.net> wrote: >> >>> idiot >> >> Yes you are, woger. >> >> [plonk] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > *plonk* the safe house for the softcock brigade........whooo hooooo.. >> The thing is these cocksuckers are so paranoid about anyone who upsets them is suddenly me....LOL Roger/Davo |