Re: Say what?

You have a 64 also.  Great car.  Mine is red with a black interior and a 
black rag top.  365 HP with the close ratio 4 speed.

I did have a 69 435 horse that I owned from about 1997-2003.  Hardly a
daily 
driver.

Vito


"Dad" <knockers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Sarah Czepiel" <ninety7gt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:01:37 -0700, "Uncle_vito" 
>> <uncle_vito2002@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
>>
>> :>I guess I am out of touch with my club in that I am not impressed
with 
>> any
>> :>vette newer than about 1971.
>> :>Vito
>>
>> That's why there's hundreds of different choices we make daily.
>>
>> Don't forget the wave.
>
> One post says he don't like the new Corvettes and down just a bit he 
> thinks "I am not too impressed with the technical aspects of a pushrod 7

> liter with a supercharger for the new ZR1 (no variable valve timing and 
> only 2 valves per cylinder).  Pure crudeness at $100,000 per."
>
> As shown above he thinks the cutoff point was 1971 when half the
gasoline 
> went through the engine just to keep the valves from burning. Today's 
> Corvette sips gasoline past some pretty sophisticated metallurgy in the 
> valve train and gets 2 to 3 times the mileage the 1971 was getting. Of 
> course that's not the only thing that is weaning the gas guzzlers of 
> yesteryear, there in better breathing, materials, computers, bearings, 
> less drag, manufacturing technique, and lubricants just to name a few 
> advances.
>
> Of course if you want engineering there is the VW Touareg 2, it salutes 
> you with an impressive light show as the range adjusting dynamic 
> headlights calibrate themselves. Cosmetically, the 2008 Volkswagen
Touareg 
> 2 is more of a nose-tipping than a full face-lift. The exterior changes 
> include the new-look grille (chrome for the V6 model and matte chrome
for 
> the V8 and the V10 diesel) that clarifies the family resemblance to the 
> rest of the VW line. Engineering at its best.
>
> You'll recognize this 40-valve 4,172cc V8 after its introduction to the 
> Touareg lineup last year, and its rating of 350 horsepower and 324 
> pound-feet of torque remains the same. But the new application of direct

> fuel injection makes it possible to achieve peak power at 6,700 rpm, 100

> rpm lower than before. The 2008 Volkswagen Touareg V8 costs $55,750, is 
> the Touareg 2 now the sport-utility version of the VW Phaeton, a luxury 
> sedan that never found its audience?
>
> The Touareg 2 reaches 60 mph in 7.7 seconds in Sport mode, and the 
> quarter-mile  in 15.7 seconds at 90.2 mph. For an SUV that weighs 5,240 
> pounds that not to bad, although you pay the price with fuel economy(?)
of 
> 13.1 mpg.
>
> I must digress though, it sure is nice to get in the '64 and not have to

> worry about it taking over the world if all of the computers decide to 
> turn on us. ;-))
>
> Screw the wave, get up on that wheel and hit the 
> gas........................................
>
> -- 
> Dad
> 05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51
> 72 Shark Black/Black/4spd
> 64 Red/red/white top/4spd
>
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