On Apr 3, 2010, at 10:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2010, at 11:53 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: Larry Colen >>> >> >> 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. > > s/68/55 >> >> I don't know what it is now, but it ain't a sports car. > > Corvettes have *never* been sports cars. The new ones are amazingly > competent GTs. In the 70's they were plastic camaros. In the 60's, I don't > think there's really a word, other than "Corvette" that describes them, but > the Douglas Adams quote"looks like a fish, goes like a fish, steers like a > cow" comes to mind. MGs, Triumphs, Lotuses Fiats, Austin Healeys, Miatas are > sportscars. Corvettes are too big to be sportscars. > > The new ones are stupid fast, handle well and are very competent on the > track, but they ain't sports cars. > Fortunately, there's no real criteria that defines what is or what isn't a sports car. Modern Corvettes are fantastic cars, ditto the late fifties and early sixties Corvettes. Enough said.
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