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 opinion.
Shields up!
LM
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 03 November, 1998 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: 1979 Road Test
>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 must be fun.
>
>At 3:42 PM -0500 11/3/98, Ron Soave wrote:
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>> > While the minority of contemporary automotive journalists felt like
Don,
>>
>> Maybe not just a minority. In 1976 Road and Track said:
>>
>> "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
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>Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
>Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
>http://www.molvis.org/molvis
>Mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
>404-778-4113
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