[DeTomaso] Tonight's debate: Vette vs. Pantera.. "a moment of

[Steve Hawkins]

You need to keep your personal attacks off of the forum and keep them
private.  If you want to know about my race experience ask Mad Dawg or
Michael Frazier.

Steve

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of boyd casey
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:31 PM
To: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tonight's debate: Vette vs. Pantera.. "a moment of


Maybe steve will buy you one with all the money he saved by not buying all
the NSX's he could afford to buy. ( being a connoisseur of fine automobiles
he bought a a Mitsubshitty instead) It is now on display at the
international champion race car drivers hall of Shame   I mean fame.
Boyd 73 L # 5783

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Garth Rodericks
<garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>wrote:

> <<< the Pantera makes for a humbling balance (except  for its 
> beautiful
> styling) sucks on comfort, sucks on fuel efficiency,  super sucks on
> reliability >>>
>
> I gotta agree with Tom on this one...
>
> Comfort - My 72 Pantera is WAAAAY more comfortable than any pre-84 
> Vette, and IMHO ergonomically more comfortable than any Vette since. 
> Granted, a C5 or C6 does offer a
> better suspension, but I can't stand the feeling of sitting in the heel of
> a tennis shoe.
>
> Fuel efficiency - Yup!  It sucks!  But I didn't buy it for fuel 
> efficiency. But it does get better fuel economy than my friends' '58 
> and '71 Vette's though!
>
> Reliability - I drove my original 100,000 mile Pantera as my daily 
> driver for 3 years with nary a problem. Perhaps you should have 
> someone else work on your car, or drive it more
> often. Hangar rot kills em, regardless of whether it's an old car,
> motorcycle or airplane.
> Once my engine rebuild is complete I expect to put another 100,000
> trouble-free miles on
> the Pantera.
>
> Granted, I wouldn't mind having a late-model Corvette. It's definitely 
> a LOT of car for the money. If I could afford it, I would probably 
> have one too.  But never in lieu of my Pantera!
>
>
>
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