[DeTomaso] NPC: automotive journalism and manual transmissions

Sean Korb spkorb at gmail.com
Sun Feb 23 23:49:23 EST 2014


That reminds me, if anyone looks asleep in traffic (or a parking lot,
or a cul-de-sac etc), a blip of the throttle sure does wake them up :)

On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 11:47 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
> If his next car isn't a Pantera, I don't know what can be done for his
> narcolepsy.   :)
>
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 11:23 PM,  <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 2/23/14 17 36 25, spkorb at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> I might learn to live with paddle shift.  I tried one out in a
>> Maserati 7 or 8 years ago and I remember thinking "I could really get
>> used to this"!
>>
>> But the pedal makes me feel like I'm actually operating the machenery.
>> No replacement.
>>
>>
>>>>>In related news, I read in the paper that an owner of a new Tesla S got
>>>>> so bored behind the wheel of his glorified golf cart that he fell asleep
>>>>> because he had nothing to do, and killed a hapless bicyclist.
>>
>> So naturally, Rip Van Tesladriver did the only reasonable thing--he sued
>> Tesla for making the car too boring and uninvolving to drive, and claimed
>> they are responsible for the fact he fell asleep behind the wheel!  True
>> fact!  The case is working its way through the system right now....
>>
>> Mike (Shakespeare was right about "The first thing we should do is....")
>
>
>
> --
> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso



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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
"Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso




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