Reading my last post after I sent it, it didn't come out as planned, which
is to say I'm in violent agreement with Ulix.
Ron
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> From: Ron Soave <redlotus@spacey.net>
> To: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: They are learning!
> Date: Friday, January 02, 1998 5:34 PM
>
> Must preface by saying I love both, and my first love is/was my first
MGB,
> a rubber bumpered '78.
>
> However, having owned both - sorry, no way. It's a lot easier to make a
> chrome bumpered one ride softer than a rubber one handle properly. It's
a
> bitch to get around the improper polar moment of inertia (ie Baja-capsize
> ride height) of the later cars.
>
> You want a soft ride, buy a used Cadillac or some other Barco-lounger on
> wheels.
>
> Ron
> ----------
> > From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
> > To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: They are learning!
> > Date: Friday, January 02, 1998 12:42 PM
> >
> > Rick Freibusch just said this on the MGS list in a discussion about
> rubber
> > vs. chrome bumper MGBs:
> >
> > "The rubber bumper Bs have some advantages over chromies besides the
> > price.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > 3) They ride better, Cornering losses can be minimised by better tyres
> and
> > sway bars and if cornering is what you're all about, buy a Bugeye or a
go
> > kart."
> >
> > There we go!
> >
> > Ulix __/__,__
>
> > ..........................................................
(_o____o_)....
> > '67 Sprite
> >
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