On Sep 11, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/09/2014 10:15 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> On Sep 11, 2014, at 11:56 AM, P.J. Alling >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 9/11/2014 3:19 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> John Francis wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northeast >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> A real Mini Cooper on teh race track >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/15016470680/ >>>>> >>>>> Well, mostly on the track, anyway :-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I don't think the gratuitous insult was called for, though. >>>>> I've driven both the original and the new Mini (including >>>>> getting an old Mini with less wheels in contact with the >>>>> pavement than the one you depict here), and I know which I >>>>> think is the better car. >>>> >>>> My first car was an Austin America aka Austin 1300, mechanically >>>> nearly identical to the Mini Cooper S. The sesquiminis may be a >>>> better car in the way that only 50 years of technological >>>> progress can improve a car, however when you compare them to >>>> "real minis" they might as well be BMWs. >>> >>> Which is only because they are BMWs. >> >> And a much better car if one measures automotive virtue in terms of >> handling, practicality, performance and all the other standards.... > > One would hope so, wouldn't one? > But this has nothing to do with the topic, does it? This thread has a topic? It’s a PESO. Nice shot. > > bill > > -- > 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. -- 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.
