On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Charlie Bell wrote:
> > On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Charlie Bell wrote:
> > > "It's too light"... Um??? As the great Colin Chapman (designer of the
> > > Lotus 7 and Elan...) said: "Just add lightness...". "Made of foam"?
> > > Pardon. Sorry, not everyone needs to drive a mobile steel bunker with
> > > a 12 litre engine... :o)
> >
> > Lightness can be a problem if your cross-section is too big and you cross
> > a lot of bridges that get crosswinds.
>
> Yes, box-vans have that problem, but a saloon car generally won't.
>
> And a Honda Insight is not much lighter than your average (in Europe...)
> small car, at 900kgs.
I've been in a light compact station wagon that did. Not fun to be the
driver.
> > As for a mobile steel bunker with a 12-liter engine, the biggest engine I
> > know of that they've put in normal road vehicles in the US is a mere 5.7
> > liters. ;) (That's 350 cu. in. for those of you trained to think in
> > those terms.)
>
> Hyperbole for comic effect. :o)
It *was* amusing. (So is telling someone who's bragging about the size of
the engine in his pickup truck that the engine in your sedan is bigger.
But is that fair for a gal to do to a guy? How much of a guy's
masculinity is tied up with his vehicle, anyway?)
Julia
