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Re: Dare we hope?

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Subject: Re: Dare we hope?
From: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 06:37:02 -0500
Reply-to: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
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Everytime I get gas (for the car, that is) someone always tells me they
either had a Sprite or someone close to them did, and that they wish they'd
never sold it.  People know what it is!

Check out Peter Egan's column in Road & Track for a great take on "where
have all the cool cheap cars gone".  Bugeye, Mini, and Beetle mentioned
mostly.  Did you know John Lennon had a Mini (probably you did know that),
and Julian his son had (has) a Bugeye?

Ron Soave
'61 Bugeye

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> From: Eric Mumford <mumford@rpi.edu>
> To: b-evans@ix.netcom.com; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Dare we hope?
> Date: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 11:59 PM
> 
> > Volkswagen is planning to re-introduce the Beetle.  
> 
> The beetle is a classic, people will buy them just because they're so
> cool.
> 
> > Rover has ordered up a new Mini.
> 
> I've never understood why people like Minis.  I think they look
> incredibly stupid.  Call me crazy.  No offense to mini lovers, I just
> think they're dumb.  *shrug*
> 
> > The London Times today revealed that Citroen has ordered its
> > engineers to come up with a new 2CV.
> 
> Most Citroen employees, apparently, are on crack.
> 
> > Can a new Sprite be far behind?
> 
> I doubt it.  Nobody knows what a sprite is.  I mean come on, everyone
> knows what a beetle is.  Everybody knows what a mini is because of that
> idiot Bean guy that was lord of the BBC a while back in between Dr. Who
> reruns.  But ask the average joe what an Austin-Healy Sprite looks like,
> no, they won't know.  MG Midget or MGB?  Maybe.  
> 
> At least in my part of the world, that's how it is.  I honestly don't
> think they'd have a market for a new sprite.  At this point, though, I
> don't think I'll ever buy a new car.  They always work!  It's like
> riding on an air pillow!  Let's face it - who wants that!?
> 
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