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From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 20:53 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > Never driven a Mini. By me, it's all about handling--it's not clear to me > that something that short would handle well. They do because the wheels are virtually at the corners. Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 20:54 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > > > As I recall, the pollution controls began being enforced about 1970. By > > the end of the decade the air was much cleaner. > > And not coincidentally, since US sales accounted for the majority of MG > sales, they went under essentially at the end of the decade of the 70s. Eh ? Graham
From: lucasea on 16 Nov 2006 21:00 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:455D1544.E67CE661(a)hotmail.com... > > > Don Bowey wrote: > >> MG F would be unusual, given that there is already a MGTF..... > > Apparently the MGF predated the MG TF. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_F Not exactly. The original TF was launched in 1953, as a stopgap as they were tooling up to release the A. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_T#TF However, it's not clear to me what is the relationship between the F and TF in its rebirth. I get the impression from the article you posted that the F was just renamed the TF in 2003. I don't think the moniker is appropriate--it's clearly not a T-type car by comparison to the pre-MGA TA - TF of yore (swooped fenders, bugeyed headlights, side curtains in place of windows, etc.). Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 16 Nov 2006 21:09 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:455D1666.D2BF2227(a)hotmail.com... > > > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> "Don Bowey" <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >> >> > As I recall, the pollution controls began being enforced about 1970. >> > By >> > the end of the decade the air was much cleaner. >> >> And not coincidentally, since US sales accounted for the majority of MG >> sales, they went under essentially at the end of the decade of the 70s. As I understand it, it was US-mandated pollution controls and safety equipment that phased in during the 70s that led to the severe decrease in power and concommitant loss of sales. It's a shame, since if they'd managed to make it another 5 years, fuel injection, electronic ignition and other modern engine technology might have saved the marque (although the cost of retooling might have prevented that.) Eric Lucas
From: Don Bowey on 16 Nov 2006 22:07
On 11/16/06 4:49 PM, in article 92d32$455d0709$4fe421c$29331(a)DIALUPUSA.NET, "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > Don Bowey wrote: >> On 11/16/06 1:30 PM, in article 455CD891.1B57E916(a)hotmail.com, "Eeyore" >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> T Wake wrote: >>> >>> >>>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>> >>>> >>>>> If 20-year old males can figure out how to pay a $2K >>>>> bill for car insurance, they can figure out how to get >>>>> medical coverage. >>>> >>>> Gender card aside, normally these 20 year old males are living with their >>>> parents. >>> >>> BAH presumes these minimum wage kids have cars too ? >>> >>> She will do*anything* to evade the issue whilst trying to make out that >>> other >>> ppl are simply being irresponsible and therefore 'deserve' their lack of >>> access >>> to medical treatemnt. >>> >>> It's remarkably unChristian for one thing. >> >> >> Now, now.....Remember - there are many more religious beliefs than >> Christian. You surprised me with that one. > > Once you lot get started there's nothing that will stop > your feeding frenzy. > > Buncha creeps. Oops! Before I realized it, I had a brief, maybe un-Christian, thought about you, creep. You are a bit unsettled aren't you? |