At 22:06 12-05-1999 -0400, Atwell Haines wrote:
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>At 02:57 PM 5/12/99 -0400, Edward Hamilton wrote:
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>>I am sitting in a hotel room in Zurich at the moment. Wanted to share
>>with the group that I happened to get a close look at a current model
>>MG. Quite a nice car, wish they were in the states, i'd buy one in a
>>heart beat.
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>Ed,
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>Speaking of heartbeats, have you seen any Lotus Elise over there? Now
>THAT's a car I wish we could get in the USA!
The Lotus Elise is about the only car for which I would trade in my
Spitfire, if forced. It has the engine from the MGF that Edward saw, but
due to clever design (chassis made of aluminium extrusions!) it's *very*
much lighter and stiffer, so has infinitely better handling and performance.
Want one. Badly.
Eric Kieboom
The Netherlands
1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
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