RE: [alfa] Re: Victory by Design...

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

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>   Just his ability to seemingly effortlessly switch between cars with
> the accelerator between the clutch and brake pedals and the 'normal'
> configuration is enough to impress me. I remember reading once that
> Jack Brabham was a guest at some car function in New Zealand once, and
> was supposed to take out some old Maserati GP car for a couple of laps.
> He got in the car, took off and immediately stacked it into some hay
> bales because he got confused by the centrally located throttle. It
> can't be easy unless you do it all the time.

Ha!  I'm pretty sure that he's already done a few laps in a car, just prior
to "jumping in for a test drive".  I think they make it look like he's
jumping right in, but in reality I think he's already had a few warm up laps
(He sort of hints at it at one point).

> The only thing about De Cadinet that bothers me slightly (and I don't
> think he does this intentionally) is his "Well, I think I'll just have
> to take this one out for a test drive (and you can't -
> neh-neh-neh-neh-neh-neh!)" attitude.

They just want to make us all drool..

It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it!

bs
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