On Jul 8, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
The New Beetle is a Golf.
A putt-putt Golf.
Paul
-Adam
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:05 AM, P. J. Alling<webstertwenty...@gmail.com
> wrote:
Well, the "New" Beetle isn't even close to the same car as the
original.
Not even the same concept, the original Beetle was easy to repair
with
minimal tools for one thing. The "New" Beetle was meant to
capitalize on
nostalgia without invoking any of the grittiness of the actual
past...
Joseph McAllister wrote:
Porsche has retained the rear or mid- engine design with the
exception of
the 928, and a few of the newer vehicles which were rebadged VW/
Porsche
designs. Once the Rabbit came out, VW has remained front engined
ever
since.
On Jul 7, 2009, at 19:00 , Adam Maas wrote:
True, I don't think you can really call anything after the 993
related
to the Beetle by anything other than styling cues. Prior to that,
the
relationship was clear although the evolution was significant.
-Adam
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:54 PM, paul stenquist<pnstenqu...@comcast.net
>
wrote:
Of course the relationship between the early 911s and the Beetle
isn't
quite
as simple as Adam suggested, but the 911 was certainly a
derivative of
that
car. Of course, later 911s evolved into something far different.
Paul
On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:02 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:41 PM, P. J.
Alling<webstertwenty...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM, William Robb<war...@gmail.com>
wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf R. Radermacher"
Subject: Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand
Then, they generate the hype of the century for a camera
that's no
more
than a pimped-up K20D,
If you are talking about the K-7, be assured that it is as
much a
pimped
up
a K20 as a Porsche is a pimped up Beetle.
William Robb
But a 911 IS a pimped up Beetle ;-)
-Adam
The 356 was a pimped up Beetle, the 911 was something else
entirely...
The 356 was a reskinned Beetle with a couple tweaks and a
diet. The
911 was a chopped and pimped beetle. There's a reason you can
transplant older 911 drivetrains pretty much directly into a
Beetle.
I've done that, it's not as easy as you think.
(I've also bolted a 356 engine into a Beetle, after helping
rebuild it,
I
know of what I speak).
Joseph McAllister
pentax...@mac.com
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damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may
not, he is
not a free man any more than a dog.
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