What I want vs. what the reality could support

Dean Dark > wrote:
>I think you're getting the point. Ferrari never did build everyday
>cars for people who are concerned about mpg or maintenance costs.

"Ferrari: The Car That Sometimes Explodes" sounds like a great advertising
slogan to me.

Or..... "Ferrari: It's Like a Fiat, Only Much Faster."
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> "Ferrari: The Car That Sometimes Explodes" sounds like a great advertising
> slogan to me.

Flames Inside Again, Tony

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> "Ferrari: The Car That Sometimes Explodes" sounds like a great advertising
> slogan to me.

Flames Inside Again, Tony

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:06:54 -0500, Steve Thompson >
wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>
>> "Ferrari: The Car That Sometimes Explodes" sounds like a great advertising
>> slogan to me.
>
>Flames Inside Again, Tony

That would be nearly be funny if it hadn't happened to a mates 5
series (fuse box area) the other day..

--
Z

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:06:54 -0500, Steve Thompson >
wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>
>> "Ferrari: The Car That Sometimes Explodes" sounds like a great advertising
>> slogan to me.
>
>Flames Inside Again, Tony

That would be nearly be funny if it hadn't happened to a mates 5
series (fuse box area) the other day..

--
Z

On Sat, 22 Jan 2011, Zathras wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:06:54 -0500, Steve Thompson >
> wrote:
>> Flames Inside Again, Tony
>
> That would be nearly be funny if it hadn't happened to a mates 5
> series (fuse box area) the other day..

It happened to a lady acquaintance of mine at college, when smoke started
coming from underneath the dash of her Sunbeam Alpine, while driving on an
empty side road. She jumped out; still doing 20mph. Amazingly she was not
injured, which was more than could be said for the car.

-s

On Sat, 22 Jan 2011, Zathras wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:06:54 -0500, Steve Thompson >
> wrote:
>> Flames Inside Again, Tony
>
> That would be nearly be funny if it hadn't happened to a mates 5
> series (fuse box area) the other day..

It happened to a lady acquaintance of mine at college, when smoke started
coming from underneath the dash of her Sunbeam Alpine, while driving on an
empty side road. She jumped out; still doing 20mph. Amazingly she was not
injured, which was more than could be said for the car.

-s

On 20 �нв, 01:50, Dean Dark > wrote:
> On 19 Jan 2011 18:30:16 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>
> >"Dean Dark" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:44:44 -0800, "Jeff Strickland"
> >> > wrote:
>
> >>>A 2.0L V8? Is there such a thing?
>
> >> Ferrari made one.
>
> >Didn't that one explode a lot?
>
> I don't know. Â*It was back in the late 70s and I think it was built
> for the Italian market that at that time had some really nutty
> cc-related taxation laws.
>
> I had a '66 Triumph Vitesse with a 1600 cc straight six. Â*The
> cylinders weren't *that* much bigger than 250 cc. Â*Sweet little
> engine, it was.

Hmm, 940kg-2072 lbs, about mazda 2 territory.
How much fuel did it gulp then?

On 20 �нв, 01:50, Dean Dark > wrote:
> On 19 Jan 2011 18:30:16 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>
> >"Dean Dark" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:44:44 -0800, "Jeff Strickland"
> >> > wrote:
>
> >>>A 2.0L V8? Is there such a thing?
>
> >> Ferrari made one.
>
> >Didn't that one explode a lot?
>
> I don't know. Â*It was back in the late 70s and I think it was built
> for the Italian market that at that time had some really nutty
> cc-related taxation laws.
>
> I had a '66 Triumph Vitesse with a 1600 cc straight six. Â*The
> cylinders weren't *that* much bigger than 250 cc. Â*Sweet little
> engine, it was.

Hmm, 940kg-2072 lbs, about mazda 2 territory.
How much fuel did it gulp then?

On 20 �нв, 01:54, Scott M > wrote:
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >>> A 2.0L V8? Is there such a thing?
> >> Ferrari made one.
>
> > That's 250cc per cylinder. I've had lawn mowers with bigger cylinders than
> > that. Seems to me that a 2L V8 would need to turn lots of RPMs.
>
> 2L I6s & V6s are generally regarded as being too small for the number of
> cylinders; smooth but thirsty is the usual comment. A 2L V8 would be
> woeful and probably worse in every way than a 2L 4-pot.
>

Ok, I guess i'd have to wait for 3 chamber wenkel to enter production
then
to reach or overtake the smoothness of a v8 :-)