Re: Y'know what I saw that was funny?

[ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>]

At 18:35 8/29/97 +0000, you wrote:
>> Dunno if I'd call them stupid looking but then I've always thought the
>> Renault R5 Turbo (?) looked pretty trick.  One of the major car mags a
>> while ago did a few mods to a Festiva and it was pulling around 0.9g on the
>> skidpad so they can be made to handle.
>
>You know..I can strap a JATO unit to a Yugo, or drop a Formula 1
>V-whatever in a Escort (riding ontop of it), slap on some 350-40-17
>tires on it and yeah it'll pull 3g on the skidpad..but it's STILL a
>deathtrap. There is a limit to power vs practicality/safety, and I too
>would laugh at any attempt to hotrod a Festiva. You're just not safe
>in that kind of a car..oh it has a rollcage though? then it's no longer
>a Ford..it's a musclecar w/ a few body panels made by ford. Thats what
>I like about VW's...in the end it still looks and is as safe as it was
>origionally built by VW.
>
>Ryan

Reminds me of the time I saw an MG Midget with a Chevy 350. It had no
floors, just an angle iron for a footrest. Talk about deathtraps...

Chuck Kuecker

ckuecker@mcs.net

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