I think all you folks have far too much time on your hands.... ;o)

ray wrote:
>
>>> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, z wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> In last week's Sopranos, Tony has a flashback to when he was 16, and
>>>> his
>>>> father excused his late arrival home by saying the car broke a timing
>>>> belt. What cars had timing belts in the 60s? This is like all the
>>>> movies
>>>> that take place in the 50s, and the driver turns on the car radio
>>>> and it
>>>> plays with no warmup.
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh yeah, I *hate* stupid errors like this. It arises from willful
>>> ignorance and laziness. The list goes on and on: '59 Cadillacs with
>>> automatic transmissions that sound like '88 Tercels with stick shifts
>>> when
>>> started and driven. Nonexistent "440 Hemi" engines and "Holley
>>> Quadrajet"
>>> carburetors.
>>>
>>> It's one of the many reasons I no longer watch television.
>>
>>
>>
> And how come in all the racing movies when the hero wants to pass
> for the lead he jams his foot to the floor and rockets past the
> villan? WHY was he not driving full out before? he was
> in a bloody car race!
> (driven, days of thunder, any Burt Reynolds movie...)
>