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Old 25-June-2009, 11:46 AM
NorthernBoy NorthernBoy is offline
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Originally Posted by LotusExcelle View Post
I'm not a fan of 'displacement' or pushrods
Which is well in fitting with your name, of course.

On the subject of advances in computing against cars, of course, there is the following (probably embellished) riposte to Bil Gates' claim that if car manufacturers had kept up with electronics we'd all be driving V-32 engined machines that could do 10,000mph and getting 1,000mph;

"But Bill, who'd drive a car that would crash twice a day".
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