re: Joe Elliott's 911s...

[Tessie McMillan <tessmc@domain.elided>]

> Of course, you 
> should refuse your wife a 911 for purely moral reasons.  That kind of 
> weight distribution is fine for a Beetle or a Skoda, but I laugh at 
> least as hard at the notion of a sports car with an engine hanging 
> out its ass 

	I love this, Joe! &:-) They're kinda like those bobbly-head dolls, 
only it's a bobbly-b*tt. Doinng - doinng - doinng...

> Seriously, if 
> your wife is the kind of person who might come to enjoy driving a 
> sports car everyday, a GTV6 is much more likely to induce that 
> reaction than a 911, which is much more likely to scare her away from 
> driving altogether. 

	Hear, hear!

> Well, when the gearbox fails in your Alfa, at least you have the 
> peace of mind that the flawed synchros were licensed from a company 
> that had nothing to do with the design of the rest of the car. 

	Ummmm, they're Porsche synchros, aren't they?...

Tess
p.s. but the gtv6 interior still looks like a pimpmobile to me... &;-))))
and I STILL LOVE my little yellow 911 flying witch.

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