Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC Anit-Green Weenie help needed

[francis newman (francis]

Ed

Fine if we all paid your gas prices!

Francis

On 16 Jan 2008, at 00:08, E M wrote:

> Has there every been a better engine than a GM pushrod V8?  Light,  
> gobs or
> torque, and with little more than oil changes, will do half a  
> million miles,
> or more.  I also think Americans make some of the best  
> transmissions, if not
> the best in the world.
>
> Ed
> 911SC
>
> On 15/01/2008, JAshburne [at] aol.com <JAshburne [at] aol.com> wrote:
> > In a message dated 1/15/2008 3:11:27 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> > Britt2Asa [at] aol.com writes:
> >
> > (BTW as  an American living in England I can
> > tell you NOBODY in the UK looks  upto American car manufacturing  
> > when they
> > want
> > quality).
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Britt:
> >
> > I know that as an American in Blighty, you must find that comment
> > ironic,  if
> > not hilarious.  Don't get me wrong, I love British sports cars, my
> > first  car
> > ever was a Triumph TR250 and I vintage race a 1959 Turner.  And I  
> > would
> > never argue that the Brits (one t) haven't made many more interesting
> > cars  than
> > the U.S.  The current Bentleys and Aston Martins are among the  
> > best  cars
> > anywhere in the world today, even if a lot of their technology and
> > build  quality
> > is imported.
> >
> > And while I would never argue that many U.S. made cars were
> > better  drivers
> > and performers than the best of the U.K., I don't think anyone  
> > outside  of
> > England would ever consider a British designed and built car, pre   
> > BMW
> > Rolls Royce
> > excepted, as superior in build quality!!!!  Handling,  styling,  
> > wood and
> > leather interiors, panache, fun to drive, all yes.   Better build  
> > quality,
> > HAH!
> >
> > Don't forget that there are many more manufacturers in the U.S.  
> > than the
> > puny 3 of Ford, GM and Chrysler, including Toyota, Honda, Nissan,  
> > BMW and
> > Mercedes, all of which are built to standards as good as their
> > home  countries.
> >
> > Just three of the famous British sayings about their cars are "All  
> > of the
> > parts falling off of this car are of the highest quality
> > British  manufacture!"
> > "The British love warm beer because they have Lucas   
> > refrigerators." and
> > of
> > course we all know that Lucas headlight switches have  three
> > positions:  Off,
> > Dim and Flicker.
> >
> > Sorry for the thread hi-jack, we now return you to your regularly
> > scheduled
> > programming.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
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