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From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
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Subject: Re: Thank you C= Folks!!!
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Date: 11 Dec 90 18:22:08 GMT
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In article <10794@helios.TAMU.EDU> n368bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Raoul Rodriguez) writes:
>In article <16427@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>>>>   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh      PLINK: hazy     BIX: hazy
>>>>                      ONLY 50 MILES TO GO
>>>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>My new car.  See, I got this great new car, and had a terrible breakin period
>>to wait through before I could try out the performance.  Frustrating.  You 
>>wouldn't want to get a shiny new 68030 system, only to find out that you had
>>to stay below 1 MIPS for the first 300 billion instructions.  But since then,
>>I have achieved 0-60 in about 6.3 seconds, and I'm working on 138 MPH.
>>-- 
>>Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
>>   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh      PLINK: hazy     BIX: hazy
>>		"I can't drive 55"	-Sammy Hagar
>
>
>You could buy a Cyclone from General Motors... they put the engine from

I seem to remember a discussion a while back about taking someone for a
ride down those Pennsylvania roads in a Miata vs. a Chevette or
something. Now I have been down some of those roads on my VF700Sabre.
Want to go for a ride with me, Dave?

The last person who did said he thought skydiving was infinitely more
comforting - though I guess almost berming off of that pickup's tires
at 65mph on that 25mph curve was a bit much. There's just something
about riding on those sidewalls in 2nd gear at 12,000 rpm :^)

Better yet, how about on one of those new Ducati 888's? Made for those
beautiful mountain roads:

1/4 mile - 11.8 sec @ 122.14 mph
0-60     - 2.95 sec.
Braking 60-0 - 118 ft.
Max speed in 6th @ 10,000 rpm - 152 mph
Bhp - 96.4 @ 9000 rpm
Curb weight - 459 lb.
Supposedly the finest handling production motorcycle ever made.

So Dave, if I manage to come up with the $19,500 price tag, would you
care to go for a spin? I'll drive up some weekend & pick you up. I'll
break it in on the trip up, so's we will be all ready to go....

Now what does this have to do with Amigas? Ok, how about this one:
"Having an Amiga is a lot like riding a high-performance motorcycle.
For a cheaper price you get an incredible amount of performance and the
thrill that goes with it, but you do loose a little bit of safety."

Yyyyeeeeeaaaahhhh!!!!!
(0-60 in 3.7 secs on my 44k mile 700 Sabre without shifting into 2nd)
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Kent Polk - Southwest Research Institute - kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
        "Well... can't you get a Novell card for your Cray ?"
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