> Dear Saloon Child,
>
> First, many of these numbers quoted are for the vastly de tuned US version
> of the car. Did we like the de tuning? Of course not, but when it comes
> down to a choice between de tuning for emissions and no cars, which do you
> choose?
I know. Still makes me giggle...gives me a reason to keep driving
saloons!
>how does all that extra weight
> feel in the corners?
Whats wrong with a car that handles like a sack of potatoes and has a
tendency to wave its legs about on corners? Mind you, an estate with
springs 2x as hard as a saloon and an anti roll bar is quite a different
story...
> And finally, when you are cruising on a spring, summer, or fall evening,
> it's better if you aren't in that quick a car if you are staring at the
> stars with your top down, instead of watching where you are going.
Stop being mean. Someone hand me the tin opener!
Bye! (Good wind up, wasn't it ;-)
Chris
Ruddy frightful with a pair of tin snips
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