Just to add to the disgust over carbon fiber bs... for the longest time, I was looking for an A2 carbon fiber hood. I found a place that made them and when I asked them how much weight savings there was, they didn't know. They obviously made it for show, not go.
I'm over it now. This may be considered heretical, but even though I love my A2 and still enjoy squeeking more performance out of it, I know that for what it would cost to make my car perform like a top performing modern car, it would probably be cheaper to buy the new car. But, that said, I'm still waiting for someone to come out with serious performance in a light (sub 2400lbs) nimble chassis, with all the practicality that a '2-box' Golf type car has. And one more tangent... I keep wanting that lightweight, high performance, practical car like an A2 and then I drive by the crash that killed Pulitzer Prize winning author David Halberstam minutes after it happened yesterday, right outside where I work and I think, "I want something with a little more meat on it." Reality can be a real drag sometimes. -m --- Matthew Yip <[email protected]> wrote: > Read the book "Colin Chapman - The Man and His Machines". Perhaps > the best section of the book was when Chubby was building frames - > his philosophy was to construct the frames and then start removing > tubes. When the frame collapsed, he put that tube back in and the > frame was "complete". > > The most amusing thing today is the trend towards Carbon Fibre trim. > It's funny to see some kid throw on a set of CF pedal covers "because > they're light, yo". Yeah - light and slicker than snot... > > Matthew > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Les Noriel <[email protected]> > To: Galen Bergthold <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:12:57 AM > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] brake pads for street, that can stand up > to occasional track use > > The legendary Colin Chapman applied that principle to every lotus he > ever > made. Peter Gregg drove his Porsche 916 to victory cutting holes into > everything that wasn't necessary just to remove the weight. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
