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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 08:52:28 +0000
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On 02/11/2024 19:25, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 11:43:08 +0100, D wrote:
> 
> 
>> In terms of american sports cars, is the Chevrolet Corvette any good
>> compared with, say a Porsche?
> 
> Probably not. My experience goes back to the '60s and SCCA races at
> Limerock. The Corvettes rules the straights but would get passed by Minis
> in the corners.
> 
> I looked at a Stingray from that era. I had a AH Sprite rollerskate which
> was one of the smallest cars on the road. I found it more comfortable than
> the huge Stingray, although entry/exit was interesting.
> 
> Corvettes have improved a lot since then but given the choice I'd go with
> a 911.

I remember those days. In the UK we had lightweight things like minis 
and Lotuses that would regularly compete against big American muscle cars.

In the wet the muscle cars were tail happy dogs and the lighter more 
reactive cars would win.

In the dry the sheer horsepower made things more balanced

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Thomas Sowell