Miata Mailing List: December 1997, Message #160
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From: 	Aleksandr Milewski <n6mod@miata.net>

Subject: Oh no, Sports Cars again! (was Re: Power Steering Mod?)

Date: 	Tue, 2 Dec 1997 01:49:45 +0000



At 17:31 -0800 12/1/97, Lanny Chambers wrote:

>On 12/1/97 18:34, Aleksandr Milewski n6mod@miata.net wrote:

>

>>>>Everyone knows that sports cars

>>>>have manual steering. <grin, duck, run like hell!>

>>>

>>>I'm sure you meant to write, "Everyone knows that sports cars have

>>>leather seats."  :-)

>>

>>Leather seats? Sounds like a GT to me. ;)

>

>My 1960 MGA had leather seats. No one in his right mind would refer to

>touring in that rolling disaster as "grand!"  :-D  It's a damned good

>thing wire wheels went out with SU carbs.  :-P



>Um...did I forget to mention, all of the above were required to obtain

>the coveted--not to mention absolutely necessary--Spousal Unit Seal of

>Approval?



AHA! We may have hit on the One True Definition of a sports car. Far more

important that GT vs. Roadster, etc... Real Sports Cars can't get the

Spousal Unit Seal of Approval. Of course, in my case, that means anything

with a stick is a sports car... Hmmmm... Never mind.



-Zandr and Starbug, not approved, but SWMBO* is rarely a passenger.



*She Who Must Be Obeyed



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