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- From: jeff_w1@sfov1.verifone.com (Jeff Wahaus, CAPS, ATL, x3529)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Message-ID: <1996Mar6.131702.4830@sfov1.verifone.com>
- Date: 6 Mar 96 13:17:01 -0800
- References: <3134A895.193E@sound.net> <DnJ7wL.6nI@bton.ac.uk> <4h4rbq$lj9@crcnis3.unl.edu> <Pine.SGI.3.91.960303121456.21208A-100000@tower.york.ac.uk>
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- In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960303121456.21208A-100000@tower.york.ac.uk>, James Neale <jn101@york.ac.uk> writes:
- >
- > Seconded. What the hell is the use of an 8 litre V8 in a "town car"? My
- > Polo is a 1 litre, 4 cylinder unit, and will quite happily sit at 70Mph
- > all day. And it'll do 45Mpg. (Hey, good PC-Amiga simily there).....
- >
- > J.
-
- Ahh, but you don't understand. Us Americans like a car that will
- do 0-70Mph in 4 seconds. What if you're cruising at 70Mph and need to
- pass someone? 1L ain't going to get you there.
-
- One thing I noticed in my recent visit to the UK... all of the little
- go-cart like cars cluttering the road. Love those round-abouts though.
- Wish we had them here in the US.
-
- But if you must know, the reason our cars have such big engines is
- that gas over here is still pretty cheap; around 60 pents a gallon.
-
- -Jeff Wahaus-
- jeff_w1@verifone.com
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