-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Zurschmeide <zurschmeidej@interactivenw.com>
To: 'Larry and Sandi Miller' <millerls@email.msn.com>; 'Mike Gigante'
<mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; 'spridgeteers' <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 03 November, 1998 3:12 PM
Subject: RE: 1979 Road Test
>>Just think what an alloy short stroke twin cam 150 BHP motor
>>with 5 speed box might have done to the performance figures. It was
>>technology they *could* have brought to bear if they wished...
>>
>>I blame BL, not the reviewers.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>And you could probably still sell them today. I get mad every time I
>think
>about BL.
>You mean the Miata? Mazda *is* selling them today. Probably if
>you adjust for inflation, at about the same price. With about 150HP
>and a nice 5-speed and groovy suspension.
>
>I have a friend who consistently refers to BL as
>"British Phlegmsucking Leyland" over these
>issues.
>
>JZ
>
Yeah if only it were British.
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