RE: You cannot be serious...?

[Glenn Wasserman <glennwa@domain.elided>]

I'm going to have to agree here. I too have seen the new Corvette autocross.
If you look at it logically, Corvettes should NOT be a great autocross car,
due to their size and weight. But they're very well designed, and light (for
their size). And I've seen well-driven ones kick ass.

Unfortunately for me, the performance of my Spider is not a limiting factor
(it's the loose nut behind the wheel) but it's clear to me that even Miatas
can handle the stock Spider. When you move to the 6-cyl cars none of them
have the grip or the power that the Corvette has.

Now you can make a very good argument about who's having more FUN... I'll
keep my Alfa, thanks. But let's recognize a tribute here! The Corvette now
has a rear-mounted transaxle and an all-aluminum engine. I think imitation
is the sincerest form of flattery.

Let's face it, our cars are all 10 years older than the newest Corvettes...
even the 944's (which are similar performance-wise to the GTV-6) are not
really comptetive to what the new Corvettes can do.

Of course, to play a little devil's advocate, autocross performance may not
be the best indicator of a car's ability - witness how the Neons kick butt
unbelievably.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Sedon, Doug (OD/ORS) [mailto:sedond@domain.elided]
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 1:23 PM
To: 'gswarbrick@domain.elided'
Cc: 'alfa-digest@domain.elided'
Subject: re: You cannot be serious...?


hi guy, *i* said:
> the corvette could toast *any* alfa on *any* road or on *any* track.
> prolly could toast most *any* car period.
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ewe responded:
>Tell me - I'm interested... what colour is the sky on your planet?
>
>Unless, of course, by 'track' you mean 'oval'...
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the sky is kinda a murky grey today, looks like rain - see any-o-dat in the
uk?
;~)  it gave me an excuse to drive my fwd 164, to czech out the heater
core/stepper motor repair i recently performed!

re: "track", nowhere do *i* know that "track" means only "oval".  ('course
some
nascar good-ol'-boys mite not recognize anything not oval!)  i said *any*
track,
that's what i meant, & i'm stickin' to it.  a stock '00 corwette will have
for
breakfast *any* stock alfa *anywhere*, on *any* planet, regardless of sky
colour.

doug "mebbe a space kadet, but i'm stuck on earth" sedon

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