More German Aircraft

[C M Smith <cmsmith@domain.elided>]

What with Mercedes sports car racers flipping at Le Mans, Audis taking 
flight, and BMWs and Porsches that all seem to want to fly off the bends 
ass backwards, especially in the wet, just why are German cars so popular? 
I never met a Mercedes that didn't feel like my grandfather should be 
driving it. never met a BMW that didn't want to terminally oversteer 
everytime you wanted to push it a bit, never met a Porsche that didn't want 
to do likewise AND shake all the fillings out of your teeth to boot. As for 
Audi, until the recent crop of A4 VW Passats in disguise, they were just 
plain hopeless as a driver's car, overweight, underpowered, underdamped AND 
undersprung. Oh well, uber alles I suppose.

Ferrari will win the drivers AND constructors this year. Everybody has the 
best British and Commonwealth designers money can buy, so a level playing 
field is on tap, except for engine power and I think the Italians have more 
power than anybody, even Honda won't beat that Ferrari engine this year, 
too bad Pirelli has given up on F1 they could make the difference!. No 
German aerodynamicists are on staff so the wings are all on upside down 
British style (the Spitfire reputedly flew better upside down than the 
Messerschmidt flew right way up, good thing since the updraft carbs got 
confused if you tried to dive a Spit without rolling over first!).

G'night




Michael Smith
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
91 Alfa 164L, White, original owner

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