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Subject: Re: [Mgs] wanted
From: Charles Hill <chillmog@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:31:08 -0600
Very true Max,
My first new car was a '69 Plymouth Roadrunner.  383 ci V8.  I opted for 
the Torqueflite.  I knew too many people that spent more time replacing 
clutches than driving their 4-speed Roadrunners. 

And on the subject of electronics, I remember one of those made-for-TV 
movies about the after math of a nuclear bomb.  The EMP from the blast 
fried all the microchips.  The hero ended up saving the world driving an 
old British sportscar - don't remember what kind.  Now there is a good 
reason not to convert to Pertronix :). 

Charles Hill

Max Heim wrote:
> Part of it has to do with engine displacement.
>
> A 1600cc engine with an automatic would be perceived as gutless by almost
> anyone. But a 6000cc V8 has plenty of oommph, even with a slushbox. The
> trend to huge HP numbers in heavier and heavier cars makes these automatics,
> semi-automatics and paddle-shifts more palatable.
>
> What alarms me is that some high performance cars no longer offer
> traditional manual shifts even as an option. Paddles... meh.
>
> But then, what am I worried about? I will never be able to afford these
> exotics -- and by the time they have enough miles to drop into my price
> range, all their electronics will be obsolete and unrepairable, and they'll
> be "cash for clunkers" fodder. While I continue driving my MG into its
> second half-century...
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires

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