> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/09 Thu AM 08:56:53 GMT > To: "pentax list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: This morning's shoot > > On 9/6/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >> I shot this pan with the K85/1.8 at 1/30th and f11 with a polarizer. > >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3428842&size=lg > > > >Those across-the-pond people never cease to surprise me :-)... I am > >young, too young, so I'll have to ask - at the time when these cars were > >produced - was it like a WOW car or was it like a regular car? > > I'll let the like of Steady and Shel answer in full, but suffice it to > say that it's not the second type :-) > > American muscle cars are known for pure brute force. The acceleration and > outright speed are phenomenal. Turning and stopping are, ahem, optional.
Rumour has it that this particular circle of producing more and more powerful models for sale to the public was directly responsible for the creation of modern lubricants. It is alleged that, at one point, the engines were so powerful that they were destroying themselves between service intervals due to the inadequate specifications of lubricants available at the time. mike > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
