LSelz@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/18/99 19:27:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> alevisen@gdhscats.org writes:
>
> << It doesn't seem as though anyone drives anything
> interesting anymore and we have become extremely homogenized and
> somewhat colorless >>
>
> Arlo, that's certainly true, and I'm glad you were able to charge forward
> with the Morgan banner through the Midwest. How is your +8 geared (ie what
> RPMs is it turning at 80?)?
>
> DFL'ers - Are the highways more homogenized and colorless than they were,
> say, in the 50's or 60's? Was there more variety then, or did it just seem
> like it to us? We used to love looking for fastback 49 Chevies, Volkswagens,
> and suicide-door Lincolns. I'm afraid my kids can't tell a Toyota from a
> Saturn from a Lexus from a Honda, and neither can I. They could care less
> about modern cars; my 14-year-old is starting to get interested in the
> non-running MG in my shop.......
>
>
> LannisLannis- I think the highway car population
>got VERY boring in the 70's
and 80's (especially as regards sports cars) but I must say that I see a
resurgence of interesting cars.Here in Dallas you can't swing a cat
without hitting a Z3, Boxster, SLK,say nothing of countless Miata's.I am
especially heartened by seeing cars such as the New Beetle, the Audi TT,
and the BMW Z/M coupes, because people either love them or hate them-and
I think that's great. (It's hard to get an emotional response to the
styling of, say, a Toyota Camry)
It should get even more interesting with the now Honda S2000
roadster, and , according to Automobile Magazine, new MGH, Austin Healey,
revised Z3, an Infiniti roadster, etc.in the next couple years.Seems like
the kids around here are driving hotted-up Hondas, Mitsubishis, and the
like; I guess you imprint on what's cheap and available. I do wonder if
my kids will feel the same in 30 years when they see an old Z3 as I do
when I see a big Healey...
Jeff Smith
1968 4/4
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