First of all, kudos to Dennis for his comments and, more importantly, his attitudes when organizing driving events like that (he's the sole arbitor of who stays and who doesn't). I would trust his judgement implicitly and if he asked me to leave, or told me I wasn't being invited back, I would know it was because I screwed up. And that's exactly as it should be.
So, having said that and moving on to Scottie's suggestion - Scottie, could you imagine Dennis as a passenger in my *SPITFIRE*?!?!? (and I'm not talking the WWII type...)
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> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] That big accident in Japan
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> On Dec 7, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Dennis Liu wrote:
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> as David Perry, er I mean Charles Perry
> will immediately point out, having Dennis as a passenger means that the
> center of gravity changes massively, laterally and altitudinally
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> Enough about the tragic death of several Ferraris in Japan. Aside from the fact that the lousy drives should have had the foresight to give their cars to me, rather than killing them. Truth is I feel saddened and sorry each time I read about the death of a Ferrari - and for some reason (I suppose no one on this list is any different) it seems that every single damn person I know has felt the need to forward every single article about this crash with some snide comment.
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> I suggest we change "altitudes" entirely and focus instead on the aerodynamic effects of having Dennis and his big head in the passenger seat of an open top vehicle vs the center of gravity changes inherent in the additional weight of his body and, aforementioned, big head.
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> Scottie
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