> So true John....evenmore so as it applies to women.
> Non PC in Florida.
The other night getting petrol before running up to
Madison to drop off cores at Peter C.'s, I was pumping
gas when the "pay at the pump" speaker barked
something. I thought the clerk said "I need your
card". I went inside, and there were 2 cute 20-ish
Betty's chatting with a 3rd behind the counter. They
wanted to know what kind of car I was driving (it was
the BGT). None of the 3 had heard of an MG! Keep em
on the road and out there. If I'd have had more
time/less wife, I'd have taken them up on their offer
to all come for a ride. Nothing like 6 br.. I mean 3
girls crammed into a B.
Non-PC up here too,
Ron
--- Larry Cogan <woodrat@spacey.net> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lundy, John D. <JOHN.D.LUNDY@saic.com>
> To: 'MG List' <mgs@autox.team.net>; 'Spridgets List'
> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 12:29 PM
> Subject: Fashion Gods Dictate Terminal Ugliness
>
>
> >David notes below the attractiveness of his BGTs...
> >
> >One reason I could not resist a "unique fixer-upper
> opportunity" that has
> >become
> >my 79 RB Midget Project and has already started to
> drain my bank account is
> >that
> >every day on the road you see nothing but UGLY,
> UGLY, UGLY....
> >
> >It seems that all the cars made today are cut from
> the same mold, with only
> >minor tweaking.
> >Gone are the days of my youth, where you could
> easily tell a Mustang from a
> >GTO from a
> >Camaro from a Monte Carlo from a Z Car. They all
> look about the same now.
> >I know they are
> >also much more reliable and last longer, but gee
> whiz, eventually you have
> >to be SEEN in them!
> >
> >I think the source of this problem is the fashion
> gods, who really think
> >that people are so dumb
> >that if they change the "look" every 5 years, we
> will all rush out and dump
> >what we have in order
> >to look like all our friends. You see this with
> clothing fashions (which
> >must of necessity rotate,
> >since there are only so many practical variations
> to dress the human body),
> >even with eyewear
> >(when did little glasses become required?), and now
> with automotive
> >fashions.
> >
> >I would like to think that we are not so gullible
> as to let a handful of
> >fashion gods dictate what
> >is attractive, but it seems that, in general, the
> public DOES rush in to
> >fill their pockets by
> >"biting" on these. In the aggregate, we really ARE
> that dumb...
> >
> >As for cars, there have always been the terminally
> ugly ones (like, say,
> >Pacer or Gremlin), but
> >I seemed to note the "rounded" look started with
> the Ford Taurus, which I
> >deem to be brutally
> >ugly, but I'm sure some others will adore. All
> recent model cars seem to
> me
> >to be morphing
> >toward fusion with the Taurus....and the mini-vans,
> well, don't get me
> >started....
> >
> >SO................
> >
> >When you see a little car that is UNDENIABLY
> ATTRACTIVE, and that you just
> >have to look at
> >a second and even a third glance, well, you just
> can't resist. It's a
> >natural survival instinct -
> >a reaction to the mass of ugliness on the road!
> >
> >When it promises to eke out the $20 - 30K over many
> painful weeks, months,
> >and years (I paid only
> >$1,000, but have already doubled that just to "fix
> it up") instead of one
> >big bank-financed bite,
> >it's even more attractive!
> >
> >The younger generation, while of course steeped in
> massive compliance
> >exercises all in the name of
> >non-compliance, still might recognize the spark of
> genuine, natural,
> >attraction, and I really think we
> >all know deep down when we see a great-looking car
> like the MG....
> >
> >Just my opinion. I offer it as a Friday
> observance, but I'm sure if I am
> >thinking it, maybe millions are.
> >
> >So when will they bring out the 2000 MG line?
> >
> >JL
> >
> >
> >
> >>On the bright side, I make it a point that my BGTs
> get seen around town.
> >>And I make sure when I am at work, my 67 BGT is
> parked so it is visible to
> >>traffic on one of the main streets going into the
> downtown area. It draws
> >>some attention - oddly enough, it seems to be
> quite the draw to some of
> the
> >
> >>teenage crowd, more so than to the older
> generations.
> >
> >>David
> >>67 BGT
> >>71 BGT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> ********************************
> >> John Lundy
> >> Senior Astrodynamics Engineer
> >> Science Applications International
> Corporation (SAIC)
> >> PHONE: (719) 637-8740 x248 FAX: (719)
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> >>
> >> ********************************
> >
> >
>
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Ron Soave
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