Hi Gary:
You mean a light little car like, say, a lotus 7? :-)
Actually, you're right--the Tiger falls into a 'lightweight' class just
by attrition--it's getting tough to find a large scale automaker who's
offerings are much less than 2800 lb these days--and the idea of running
around in a 1300 lb Lotus 7, while attractive, takes on an entirely
different aspect when surrounded by 5,000 lb SUV's.
But it's things like this link that have me concerned:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/08/000811060729.htm
If they actually install these things, I have visions of having to
defend myself regularly to the smog police (who was it who said that any
communication from government to citizen invariably contains a threat of
some sort?) by reminding them that my '66 Tiger is exempt here in
California. Of course, it's supposed to be *their* responsibility to
prove that my car is subject both to current emissions standards and
that it's exceeding them--so why do I still feel uneasy?
Okay, that's the rant for now.....
Regards
David (Luddite) Sosna
Gary wrote:
> Ah HA!
> I thought the point of the story was to have a light little car (like a
> Tiger)
> with gobs of horsePOWER (high power to weight ratio). BTW, some
> people LIKE to keep the revs up there. There are just different styles
> of drivers. I had a former girlfriend that had a 914, a 911 and a Boxster.
> She felt perfectly comfortable keeping them up at the red line all over
> town.. while I short shift EVERY time unless I am racing or something.
>
> Gary
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