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- From: sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Borders)
- Subject: Re: Ethanol blended gasoline
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.185812.15475@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 18:58:12 GMT
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- dcg@mogun.UUCP (David Gunsul) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov17.052214.29099@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Borders) writes:
- >> dcg@mogun.UUCP (David Gunsul) writes:
- >>
- >> >In article <1992Nov15.060407.1359@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Borders) writes:
- >> >> dcg@mogun.UUCP (David Gunsul) writes:
- >> >>
- >> >> >In article <1992Nov5.040209.4665@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>,
- >> >> sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Borders) writes:
- >> >> >>
- >> I don't recall ever disagreeing with you. As I recall, I specifically
- >> excluded well-maintained classics (what you refer to as "special
- >> interest" cars) from my suggestion.
-
- >Ahh, well maintained classics huh?
- >What about a 75-81 car that has been hotrodded?
-
- Hmmm, I hadn't considered that. Are we talking about a car that sees
- regular street use, or one mostly driven at races/events for hotrods?
- I'll grant you this: before any governing body forms legislation on
- this subject, it will have to think long and hard about how to word
- it so the junkers go, but the 'rods and muscle cars that owners take
- care of are given consideration.
-
- What are you driving, anyway?
-
- >> Now, you tell me: who wasn't
- >> listening?
-
- >You seem reasonable (so far) but I will reserve my final judgement
- >until you answer my question above.
-
- Well, it's only sorta answered (that's the best I can do given the
- information available). Besides, I'm the epitome of reason :-).
-
-
- >> My point was that a car doesn't have to be a big-block to be
- >> fun and fast, and that newer cars are much more likely to have
- >> cleaner emissions than their ancestors. Oh, BTW, I have no
- >> delusions about outrunning one of the big-block beasts
- >> on a straightaway; that's why I specified a "winding country
- >> road" :-).
-
- >Now Scott you are forgetting that my car is a hotrod not a stocker.
- >Do you really think that I'd forget to change the suspension around
- >a little bit? :^) :^) :^)
-
- Regardless, it would be a helluva lot of fun! One of the drivers on
- the Talon mailing list posted a few messages about his opportunity to
- do some time-trials at a local track, and making a 'Vette driver *very*
- unhappy. It seems the Corvette couldn't hack it in the turns.
- Say what you want about high-tech new cars, but God I love the way the
- Laser handles!
-
- --
- Scott Borders
- sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu
- borders_scott@tandem.com
-
- --
-