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1. 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 22:31:26 -0800 (PST)
In 1979, Car& Driver published a farewell road test of the Midget. They knew the car was discontinued. At the end of the article, three testers offered their personal opinion in a "Counterpoint" sect
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00071.html (9,561 bytes)

2. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:42:04 -0500
"Anyone who would buy a Midget when an X1/9 is available for only $1000 more would have to be a complete masochist." Ron Masochist-at-Large
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00085.html (8,012 bytes)

3. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: Swift justice <samesq@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 13:01:13 -0800
If that is torture, then chain me to the wall. Steve Used to have an '80 X19, and I do miss it now and then.
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00086.html (8,604 bytes)

4. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:20:47 -0500
The X1/9 -- isn't that the car that used to explode regularly? A fellow in my neighborhood has Three. Two of them have scorch marks all over their midsections. OTOH, any car that has such a following
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00087.html (8,985 bytes)

5. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:29:02 -0800 (PST)
That's nothin'! Try a '74 (all euro spec!) Ulix __/__,__ .......................................................... (_o____o_).... '67 Sprite
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00088.html (9,071 bytes)

6. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:39:04 -0800
Yeah but on the other hand can a car so ugly satisfy the male ego. The Porsche 914 is in the same category, great to drive but, butt ugly. My humble apologies to all x-19 and 914 owners but just my o
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00089.html (9,959 bytes)

7. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 17:04:14 -0500
Rick
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00092.html (8,902 bytes)

8. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 17:07:44 -0500
You're thinking of the Pontiac Fiero. I have one of those too <g>. Rick '59 Bugeye
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00094.html (9,395 bytes)

9. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:22:46 -0800
All this is true unfortunately. It is true largely because the spridgets not updated with time. The spridgets were almost universally acclaimed as fun, lively, excellent handling in the early years.
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00095.html (10,148 bytes)

10. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:33:11 -0800
And you could probably still sell them today. I get mad every time I think about BL. LM
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00096.html (8,571 bytes)

11. RE: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:15:37 -0800
And you could probably still sell them today. I get mad every time I think about BL. You mean the Miata? Mazda *is* selling them today. Probably if you adjust for inflation, at about the same price.
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00100.html (9,389 bytes)

12. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:22:35 -0800
Yeah if only it were British.
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00101.html (9,283 bytes)

13. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:41:55 -0800 (PST)
At least in the US, a fact that shouldn't be forgotten is that in the 80's, nobody wanted convertibles. Most british roadsters were not replaced by new models, and if they were, they were 80's style,
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00102.html (11,849 bytes)

14. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: Mike Merrick <mmerrick@mail.usmo.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 18:11:11 -0600
Hi Ulix (and ragtop lovers everywhere): I believe you are mistaken, there was no love lost (literally) between American car owners and the convertible, however, our government was protecting us again
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00104.html (10,088 bytes)

15. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:37:05 -0800 (PST)
are you sure that this was so? As I recall, such legislation was proposed in the US, and supposedly the only topless cars to pass these regulations were to be the Lamborghini Jalpa Targa and the Fia
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00106.html (11,052 bytes)

16. Re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 19:51:51 -0500
And how many X 19s are still around? I know (knew) 2 people who bought them new. Bigger POS them my new Triumph Spitfire, and that was a real turd! And they said the Yugo was the first disposable car
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00108.html (9,641 bytes)

17. re: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 98 22:37:54 EST
One of the big reasons I quit reading R&T, years ago, was that they didn't like anything not made in Germany or Maranello. Ed in NC
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00111.html (7,846 bytes)

18. RE: 1979 Road Test (score: 1)
Author: "Gambony, Jim" <jim.gambony@eds.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 17:42:10 -0600
You're right, the legislation was proposed in the early 70s (the '76 Caddy was the last "traditional" American ragtop during the '70s) but never enacted. Most manufacturers saw what they thought was
/html/spridgets/1998-11/msg00294.html (12,370 bytes)

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