Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Camaro and Fat cars

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Hey, I have FOUR antique cars.  And I am an antique. :-P

I think you have hit the nail squarely on the head.  Its time for
some GTotU (Great Truths of the Universe).  Arbitrary numbers used.

1) American sporty cars evolve into big luxury cars.  For example,
   the Ford Thunderbird (and even the Corvette).

2) Everyone wants someone else to blaim for their own stupid screw-
   ups.  Therefore, cars can's be just cars, they have to 'survival
   cells'.  And survival cells are very heavy.

3) Fuel economy rules, even though we pay less for fuel than 90% of
   the world!

----

Other GTotU, which are non-car related

a) Nothing is linear
b) No two anythings were ever created equel
c) All data contains noise
d) The shortest distance between two points doesn't exist
e) Space is not folded.  It's wadded up.
f) The behavior of all life can be explained with two parameters:
   greed and envy
g) Physics rules. Entropy rules absolutely
h) Infinity is bigger than the biggest number - even bigger than
   Exxon profits!
i) Zero is really, really small
j) A trillion is bigger than a billion but nobody know by how much.
k) The only viable method of control is implemented through the
   wallet.

Well, wasn't that fun?! :-)

rick - who hasn't posted for some time...and no one noticed. :-P

--- On Thu, 5/7/09, LtWacko <ltwacko [at] aol.com> wrote:

> From: LtWacko <ltwacko [at] aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Camaro and Fat cars
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 2:01 PM
> EVERYONE noticed!  Most if not all of the reviews stated
> Chevy would screw up the production version.  My friends and
> I joked they probably had a production version ready that
> was a far cry from the concept version and had to
> "re-tool" due to the reaming of possibly screwing
> up....  LOL  
> 
> Anyway, I love the look too but I think it is a little
> "fat" along with the Challenger.
> 
> Someone commented on the size of today's cars and that
> it's no wonder no one can build a car that weighs less
> than 3500 lbs.  I mean if you are going to build an Accord
> sized Civic, call it an Accord.  A "mid-sized"
> Hyundai with the interior room of a BMW 7-series.  I
> don't need my Camry to out accelerate an
> "antique" Ferrari (that's for you Rick!) 
> Bimmerphiles love the E30 but the closest thing is a pig of
> a 1-series.  Great car but BMW lost it's way but I'm
> glad they are making money.  Maybe the new MPG regs from the
> EPA will give us small, nimble cars again with
> "peppy" motors.  I wouldn't mind a
> "modern" sub 3000 pound car that is desirable like
> BMW's, Porsches and Ferrari's of yore that don't
> cost more than my house.
> 
> Rodney
> 
> In a message dated 05/07/09 05:16:27 Central Daylight Time,
> ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:
> Am I the only one who feels like GM has been teasing us
> with this car for 
> years.  Seems like its taken a heck of a long time for it
> to finally make 
> the jump from the rags to the road. 
> 
> JIM 
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