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Re: Whats a 'sportscar'????<33950E89.2382@rt66.com>

To: "Michael D. Porter" <mdporter@rt66.com>
Subject: Re: Whats a 'sportscar'????<33950E89.2382@rt66.com>
From: RICHARD.JACKSON@NENE.AC.UK
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 14:37:52 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net, RICHARD.JACKSON@NENE.AC.UK
References: <Pine.OSF.3.90.970530124548.23026E-100000@thunder>
>Johnny Storm: International racing car driver wrote:
>>
>> I reckon a sports car is one that doesn't necessarily have a monster power
>> output or handle perfectly, but feels like you're going for it whenever
>> you go out. Noise,draughts (not chess), and a whiff of fuel are all of
>> vital importance. It's also got to stand out, Q-cars lose their appeal,
>> also in a 'sports-car' if you get whipped you can say that you weren't
>> trying!
>>
>> British hairdresser week (BHW) started yesterday in North wales. In
>> betws-y-coed I saw 2 escort cabrios (usual trim sir), an astra cabrio
>> (more off the back perhaps) and a bmw 320i cabrio with white scottie dog
>> (hmm, i think highlights are what you need).

>Folks, I really think, at this upcoming VTR national, we all take up a
>collection to provide Johnny Storm (International racing car driver)
>air-fare to the next year's VTR national, just to provide local color.
><big grin>. We could also probably manage a few bucks for half-fare for
>Richard Jackson, too, but that's because he's closer to normal.... <g>

If someone else is paying, I'll go cargo class!!! :-)  Anyway, who-er you
calling normal???? :-) 

One more point, how can two individuals from several thousand miles away being
'local'???

Rich

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