Fw: A glimmer of hope - Thank you Tessie.

["Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@domain.elided>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@domain.elided>
To: "Tessie McMillan" <tessmc@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: A glimmer of hope - Thank you Tessie.


> Never had the pleasure of meeting you but your post was a breath of fresh
> air and Alfa erudition.
>
> Don
> 91 164S
> 86 Graduate
> 79 Alfetta (sports sedan)
> 95 Infiniti j30
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tessie McMillan" <tessmc@domain.elided>
> To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 2:20 PM
> Subject: A glimmer of hope
>
>
> > After slogging painfully through the past few days' worth of digests --
> > a mercilessly endless stream of "babe" and "m*dget" posts, where even
our
> > esteemed John H. takes folks to task on SAABs -- I had concluded the
> > world as we know it must be about to end.
> >
> > Then my eye caught the subject line: "why do Alfas burn?", and I nearly
> > died laughing. &:-) OK, I'll jump in on this one!
> >
> > In the U.S., Alfas are kind of unknown and under-appreciated.
> > I think the tendency is for insurance companies to junk them if there's
> > any kind of accident, but I don't think that's the norm -- there being a
> > known parts stream for used parts-houses for many other marques. So if
you
> > go to the junkyard, you'll see an over-representation of Alfas, since
> > nobody knows what to do with them. It is unfair to sample just from the
> > junkyard....
> >
> > To really compare cars by their form of "death", you need to compare the
> > number of cars manufactured per year by marque and collect the numbers
and
> > kinds of "deaths", then factor out the location, the owner, and what the
> > car was used for -- since these will contribute to the likelihood of one
> > type of "death" over another.
> >
> > Where's Dana (our resident Epidemiologist) when you need him? He could
> > explain this better than I can.
> >
> > And anyway, everyone KNOWS that early 356s burn better than ANYTHING
ELSE
> > in the world! If you want excitement, just open the hood when starting
one
> > and watch the flames from the carbs! &:-)
> >
> > Tess
> > currently driving a silver 356 with screaming yellow racing stripes...
> > and a fire extinguisher
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