From: John Francis
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 08:34:56PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote:
> From: "Ken Waller"
> >Kenneth Waller
> >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Miserere" <miser...@gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: 645D fiddling
> >
> >
> >On 14 January 2011 17:18, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>>>> My days of fast cars are long gone and closest I get to owning a
> >>>>> Porsche these days is the Touareg, which isn't very close, or fast.
> >>>I've come to the realisation that cars are not fun to drive outside of
> >>>a racecourse, so I lust for no car.
> >Then you're probably not driving the right car !
>
> I've got an old MGB on my "to do" list sitting down in the basement
> at home right now.
>
> That's about as close to the "right" car as I'm ever likely to get.
MGs aren't to drive - MGs are to work on. I bought a BMW to drive.
I was never too much of a fan of the B, anyway. A friend had a C;
that definitely pushed my buttons a bit more. And, of course, there
is always an A, or a TD, if we're being seriously impractical.
Yeah, I know all that.
I liked the BMW back when it *was* a driver's car. At one time you had
to really KNOW something about the automobile to appreciate the BMW.
But then they went and turned it into the symbol for all the excesses of
yuppie scumdom. I think they've finally gotten past the time when you
weren't even allowed to think about driving a BMW unless you were a
flaming asshole, but the stigma lingers still.
And, for my own "impractical" purposes the 'B' has one great advantage
... it's already sitting down there in the basement and it ain't going
nowhere.
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