Elvis Hargrove said the following to Joe E. Dodson on the subject of
RE: ENGINE DESIGN (15 Oct 97  01:28:11)
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 -> And if he ever saw one come apart he would understand why there
 -> aren't that many under the hood of a car.
 EH> Boy, I heard THAT!
 EH> Y'know, I wonder how many people remember the Chrysler proof of
 EH> concept car of 1953-54?  It ran, pulled itself quite admirably. Got
 EH> about 8 miles per gallon during a time when the V-8s were getting 16+
 EH> kicked their butts soundly on smoothness and accelleration, but ROASTED
 EH> the car following too close, and the exhaust was just not practical to
 EH> deal with in traffic.
 EH> T'wasn't a bad concept at all, except for a couple of insurmountable
 EH> problems.
Here we go again. Comparing "proof of concept" cars from almost 50 years
ago with today's state of the art. You two guys don't seem able to grasp
that, along with time passing you by, technology hasn't stopped evolving.
I just saw a tvshow where 50 years ago all the engineers were convinced
that it was impossible for an airplane to break the "sound barrier".
Today the Concord flies daily and this weekend even a car finally broke
the "sound barrier" too!
Just a moment while I state the obvious here:
        50 years is 1/2 a century.
                   &
 We will be entering the 21'st century shortly.
Yesterday a major Japanese car maker officially announced their 1st
production hybrid car model. It does over 80 miles per gallon not 8.
You two guys can take the foot out of your mouth now. :-)
 Mike
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