Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/29

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Subject: [Leica] Further adventures of a completely screwed up guy: longand occasionally on topic
From: ksteels at sympatico.ca (Ken Steels)
Date: Sun Jan 29 06:59:05 2006

Yes someone still makes a true sports car - Morgan

Ken

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[mailto:lug-bounces+ksteels=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of
Peter Dzwig
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 8:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Further adventures of a completely screwed up guy:
longand occasionally on topic


Frank Dernie wrote:

> Well said. Nobody makes Sports Cars any more, they are all overweight  2
> seat limos. The nearest after Lotus and Noble are Porsche, who  still
> make lightish cars but the rest are overweight, even all the  Ferraris
> bar one. The fashion is power, but whilst extra power will  get back the
> acceleration lost to the weight, and give a pointless  increase in
> never-used top speed, the nimbleness, handling and good  brakes are
> forever lost :-(
> Even the Elise is suffering, the Toyota engined one has been "pimped"
> as you put it and is about 15% heavier than the K-series car, sad,
> acceleration and top speed notwithstanding.
> Frank
>
>
> On 29 Jan, 2006, at 04:37, John Collier wrote:
>
>> gave the big thumbs up to the Lotus Elise. Why would anyone buy
>> anything else if you are in the market for a sports car? Does  anyone
>> else actually even make a sports car anymore?
>
>
>
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Power-to-weight ratio, ability to put it down through the gears and minimise
the
losses to friction of one sort or another and - preferably - make it look
nice?

Do you think that Chapman had it right?

Peter Dzwig

Is a shame about the Elise. Like the look of th Exige but somehow it doesn't
quite convince me.


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Replies: Reply from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] Further adventures of a completely screwed up guy: longand occasionally on topic)
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In reply to: Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Further adventures of a completely screwed up guy: long and occasionally on topic)