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From: Lanny Chambers <lanny@derived.com>
Subject:Re: MX-5 among 50 greatest says Classic Cars
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:19:50 -0400

On 5/31/99 21:48, Cquinb@aol.com Cquinb@aol.com wrote:

>Check out the June issue of Classic Cars which has a section on the 50 
>Greatest Sports Cars.  The MX-5  is described on page 60 as "already a 
>classic" and "does everything well."  Unfortunately, it is also described as 
>"lacks classic character."  
>
>This confuses me.  Why would you describe the car in one sentence as a 
>classic that does everything well and follow up by saying that it is lacking 
>as a classic?  

That's snob-ese for "it doesn't break often enough, and it's too common 
to be worth anything except as a car."  <phthppptt!!>

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Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
'94C

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