On 8 September 2011 10:36, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > For the motorheads on the list, one of my favorite things to call a race car > is "passable". >
Calling a car or driver a "mobile chicane" is pretty damning, too. I first heard it directed at the F1 Ferraris sometime about 1980, when turbocharging and ground-effects were simultaneously emerging as performance enhancements. The turbo cars had more constricted airflow underneath because of the extra machinery, so their ground effects, thus their corner speed, weren't as good as unturbocharged cars. But they were much more powerful and faster in a straight line. Through the bendy bits they really were "mobile chicanes". regards, Anthony "Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight" (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
