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From: lane@cylixb.UUCP (Lane Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: best car, worst car
Message-ID: <561@cylixb.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 15:18:21 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 15:18:21 1986
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Reply-To: lane@cylixd.UUCP (Lane Anderson)
Organization: RCA Cylix Communications , Memphis, TN
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Keywords: Ferrari and ??
Summary: Now this could be FUN!!


Now this could be a whole lot more fun than some of the same old
re-re-rehashed arguments seen here lately.

Here we go!

My favorite (no consideration to cost or practicality) would be either
the Ferrari 365 GTB Daytona or the 250 GT Lusso (is that also a
Berlinetta?).  The Daytona is the last of the big V12 Ferraris and
probably the greatest all-round traditional sports car ever built (yet
another topic for discussion?).  The Lusso, built in the mid-sixties,
has been called the most beautiful Ferrari.  It posseses a feline grace
that no other car I have ever seen can approach.  Damn what a gorgeous
car!!!!!  Even though it is now twenty years old, I have never seen a
car that struck me the same way.

As for the worst... Hmmmmmm.  I am sure that our European contributors
can come up with some winners from their side of the Atlantic but I am
going to have to limit my choices to what was available here during my
lifetime as a wheelhead.  Another two-way tie.  This one between the
AMC Pacer (sorry AMC) and the Chevy Vega.  The Vega was not a totally
bad car but the self-destruct engine and body that was rusted out after 
a year make it a strong contender.  The Pacer... Well, what can you say?
The body looked like an inverted fishbowl woth the wheels buried miles
deep in the fenders.  The suspension and brake technology and perform-
ance was outdated years before the car was produced.  The engine finally
used was a yawn producing six.  More?  Oh yeah.  Touted as "the wiiide
small car" it was as wide as a Cadillac (I'm looking at the two out of
window) while as long as a Volkswagon.  This sounds great until you dis-
cover that the rear passengers sit between the wheels which made it
tight for two people.  Even in front things weren't especially roomy due
to the thickness of the doors.  All in all, a mess of a car.  Bleeech!

Sorry to ramble so (ramble? AARRGGHH, AMC strikes back!!).  I'm looking
forward to this one.