Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-11 Thread Steve Desjardins
True. The best we could do would be a Harley with the dog in sidecar . . . Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/10/02 10:48AM >>> No, American police officer woul

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-11 Thread Flavio Minelli
Treena wrote: > > Flavio, thanks for posting that police car -- I've got to show it to my > husband. My pleasure. > His police vehicle is a Jeep Cherokee that's seen better days (good > for the bad weather here in the Boston Mts.). The only way this could be > more cool is as a convertible. I'd

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Peter Alling
They must tie them on top like a trophy buck. At 01:54 PM 12/10/2002 +, you wrote: A Smart Police car! Is that an oxymoron? Assuming cops travel in pairs, where do they stow the handcuffed burglar? Cotty Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.mac

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Peter Alling
No, American police officer would be caught dead in that, (but it is so damned cute). At 10:03 AM 12/10/2002 +0100, you wrote: Hi all, reading this thread I remembered the smallest police car I ever saw. I was in Capri, the famous island in front of Sorrento and Naples where VIPs and generally af

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Keith Whaley
Impressive, Jeff! I'd love to have shared that! I was the worst kind of sports car snob back in the mid-'50s. My first was a Triumph TR-3. Changed the plugs (literally!) and raced it on Lake Erie's Pelee Island, Northern Ohio's Race Around the Houses, in Put-in-Bay, in Lake Erie, put on by the Spo

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Jeff
> I'll bet that's true! You need a longer wheelbase (vs. track > dimensions) to aid stability. > Still, for 'around town' it seems hard to beat! > You could not be a Juan Fangio, or a Nuvolari (!) but if you drive > sanely, it ought to be a ton of fun! > > keith whaley > Keith, You must be an old

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Dan Scott
On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 07:54 AM, Cotty wrote: A Smart Police car! Is that an oxymoron? Assuming cops travel in pairs, where do they stow the handcuffed burglar? Cotty They put him under the hood and let the hamster take a break? Dan Scott

RE: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-- -Original Message- -- From: Flavio Minelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:15 AM -- -- -- Cesar Matamoros II wrote: -- > -- > ... -- > -- > This was back when my scanning capabilities were poor, but -- you can have a -- > look at http://cesar_abdul.homest

RE: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread ernreed2
Cesar posted: I travelled to Italy with my mother and > sister two years ago. We made it to Capri. Cesar: Where HAVEN"T you been? Come to think of it, I'm not sure I want to know. I'm already jealous of your well-travelled status.

Re: Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread f . minelli
It is a Smart car, sold under the brand Smart and marketed by Mercedes Benz (it think) here in Europe. There was some involvement with Swatch, the swiss brand selling funny plastic watches, but I don't know the extent of it. In overcrowded towns here like Rome they're sold like hot cakes altough t

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Keith Whaley
Do you know the manufacturer of that car? Model? keith whaley Flavio Minelli wrote: > > Hi all, > reading this thread I remembered the smallest police car I ever saw. I > was in Capri, the famous island in front of Sorrento and Naples where > VIPs and generally affluent people likes to show thei

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Cotty
A Smart Police car! Is that an oxymoron? Assuming cops travel in pairs, where do they stow the handcuffed burglar? Cotty Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Keith Whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It is a Smart car, sold under the brand Smart and marketed by Mercedes Benz > (it think) here in Europe. There was some involvement with Swatch, the swiss > brand selling funny plastic watches, but I don't know the extent of it. > > In overcrowded towns here like Ro

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Doug Franklin
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:03:38 +0100, Flavio Minelli wrote: > Have a look: > http://space.tin.it/arte/flamin/tinplcar.jpg The front "license plate" seems to say "BOOBZ"! :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

RE: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Flavio, Your account brought back memories. I travelled to Italy with my mother and sister two years ago. We made it to Capri. This was back when my scanning capabilities were poor, but you can have a look at http://cesar_abdul.homestead.com/Italia_Capri.html for a few shots on the Isle. Cesar

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Jeff
Beats chasing thiefs on foot or bicycle. Jeff. PS: looks similar to the "Smart" car I've seen in Ontario. - Original Message - From: "Flavio Minelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 4:03 AM Subject: Talking about tiny cars... > Hi al

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread f . minelli
Gosh, it's a FIAT 500! I hope they don't plan to put big german sheperds in there... Ciao, Flavio

Re: Talking about tiny cars...

2002-12-10 Thread Maciej Marchlewski
Dnia 10-12-2002 o godz. 10:03 Flavio Minelli napisal: > Hi all, > reading this thread I remembered the smallest police car I ever saw. In Poland they also have a small Police car. It's not as small as yours though. It's meant to transport police dogs (K-9 unit). Not a very good photo is here: h