Latin aphorisms & other words to live by

["Tony Sims" <simstony@domain.elided>]

Michael wrote:
>My favourite automotive related "latin" saying appears to have been coined
>by Automobile magazine and should be every performance driver's credo:
>cogito ergo zoom...with apologies to old Rene who I'm sure felt he'd said
>something infinitely more profound if practically useless...especially for
>the performance driver.

I believe "cogito ergo zoom" is actually the personal credo of David E. Davis
Jr., now of Automobile, but past editor of Car & Driver, where that twisted
bit of wisdom also accompanied his masthead.

I'm not a famous magazine editor, but I play one in my head.  My personal
credo is "When in doubt, accelerate".  If someone can translate that to Latin
I'll get a tattoo.  Actually I'll just do it in Italian, that's close enough
for me.

Tony
Portland, OR (98 degrees/20% humidity)
74 GTV 2000
70 2800CS
"Quando in dubbio, accelerare!"

Tony
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