> > From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/10/09 Thu PM 08:14:37 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT - Why the LHC broke. > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It'd be a disgrace if the new Mini wasn't very much better than the old - > > four decades better in fact. Even the most ordinary new cars are better > > than most cars from the sixties with just a minority of exceptions, and the > > old Mini was designed in the fifties.<snip> > > I don't know about that. We had an early 60's Vauxhall Victor Deluxe > that was pretty amazing. > > It was up on blocks all winter long, was underpowered, got lousy fuel > economy, had practically no passenger room and a small trunk. > > It had an ignition/starter motor switch in the engine compartment (I > remember it was a huge soft black rubber button), and I recall my Dad > spending many hours under the hood constantly pressing it after trying > to effect repairs. Given the car's reliability that button was the > only well-thought-out part of the car. > > On top of all that it might have been the ugliest car I've ever seen > (what were my parents thinking?): > > http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/2266017_9156f804ce.jpg > > It lasted all of about three years before it died. > > Then we bought a Rambler. > > They don't make 'em like that any more.
My headmaster in 1964 bought a new FB (much uglier then the F) Victor. It rusted to death in 18 months, losing great, plate-sized blisters of paint even from flat surfaces. But here's a guy who wouldn't swap his for a Bugatti Veyron. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YtxfbxGz1u4 ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
