From: P N Stenquist
On Apr 3, 2010, at 2:53 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
> From: Larry Colen
>> On Apr 2, 2010, at 5:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
>>> > From: Larry Colen
>>>> >> For cars, I use "Vettemarks", which is in what year the top of
>>>> the >> line Corvette had that level of performance. Note that a
>>>> lot of >> econoboxes these days probably have vettemark
>>>> performance in the >> 1980s.
>>> >
>>> > Corvette hasn't had "vettemark" performance in the 1980s since
>>> the > 1970s. Not a Corvette made since 1967 that's worth pissin'
>>> on.
>> I think that you'll find that todays Vette's handily out
>> accelerate the ones of yore.
>> How much time have you spent on the track in Corvettes of various
>> vintages? I got to drive a student's C5 at Sears Point a while
>> back, and they are frighteningly competent cars. I've also ridden
>> around the track in several vettes that were driven by students,
>> which can be an entirely different flavor of exciting.
>
> From 68 on the 'vette has been a bloated POS that might as well have
> been engineered by MicroSoft. I liked the Corvette when it was a
> relatively small, nimble, and yes insanely over-powered sports car,
> but have no use for what it's become.
>
> I don't know what it is now, but it ain't a sports car.
It's obvious that you don't know what it is now.
Well, whatever. You value it; I do not.
We shall have to agree to differ.
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