engine placement...

On 8/29/20 5:05 AM, Tabby wrote:
On Saturday, 29 August 2020 04:24:13 UTC+1, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-28 22:50, Tabby wrote:
On Friday, 28 August 2020 18:01:16 UTC+1, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-26 19:24, Tabby wrote:
On Monday, 24 August 2020 23:53:04 UTC+1, RichD wrote:
On August 24, Tabby wrote:

I saw a review of the latest Corvette, the writer raved,
it\'s comparable to Lambos costing twice as much. Anyway, he
claimed that this version is quicker from the starting gate
than previous because, novelly, the engine is mid-mount.
Why would engine location affect acceleration?

I\'ve never seen the point in such cars.

Do you see the point in life?

yes, and IME it has nothing to do with driving a road going car
at nutty speeds.


Let me help you out :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL7Uvk-RAkI

\"You only go around once in life, so grab for all the gusto you
can\"

So american, to get philosophy from a teevee ad -

I\'m quite content to chill behind the wheel. Don\'t get me wrong
I\'ve had good fun on the track, but not gonna do that on the
road, and have no need for daily adrenaline rushes. It has
nothing to do with what\'s important to me.

You\'re no fun anymore.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Lol, I love fun time. but that\'s not my idea of fun.


Well, it\'s true that motorsports can hardly compete with the thrill of
putting _two_ spoons of Ovaltine into the hot milk. ;)

Cheers

Phil Hobb

I never would have guessed that was your idea of fun!

Motorsport has its place, and it\'s not on the road. The UK is not like the US in some respects.


NT
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No different here in USA...people buy those type cars for \"ego boosters\"
for the most part. Richer people buy yachts for the same reasons, I
expect. Nothing practical about either, but if you got the dough, give
it a go!
 
On Saturday, 29 August 2020 18:38:05 UTC+1, Bill Martin wrote:
On 8/29/20 5:05 AM, Tabby wrote:
On Saturday, 29 August 2020 04:24:13 UTC+1, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-28 22:50, Tabby wrote:
On Friday, 28 August 2020 18:01:16 UTC+1, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-26 19:24, Tabby wrote:
On Monday, 24 August 2020 23:53:04 UTC+1, RichD wrote:
On August 24, Tabby wrote:

I saw a review of the latest Corvette, the writer raved,
it\'s comparable to Lambos costing twice as much. Anyway, he
claimed that this version is quicker from the starting gate
than previous because, novelly, the engine is mid-mount.
Why would engine location affect acceleration?

I\'ve never seen the point in such cars.

Do you see the point in life?

yes, and IME it has nothing to do with driving a road going car
at nutty speeds.


Let me help you out :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL7Uvk-RAkI

\"You only go around once in life, so grab for all the gusto you
can\"

So american, to get philosophy from a teevee ad -

I\'m quite content to chill behind the wheel. Don\'t get me wrong
I\'ve had good fun on the track, but not gonna do that on the
road, and have no need for daily adrenaline rushes. It has
nothing to do with what\'s important to me.

You\'re no fun anymore.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Lol, I love fun time. but that\'s not my idea of fun.


Well, it\'s true that motorsports can hardly compete with the thrill of
putting _two_ spoons of Ovaltine into the hot milk. ;)

Cheers

Phil Hobb

I never would have guessed that was your idea of fun!

Motorsport has its place, and it\'s not on the road. The UK is not like the US in some respects.


NT

No different here in USA...people buy those type cars for \"ego boosters\"
for the most part. Richer people buy yachts for the same reasons, I
expect. Nothing practical about either, but if you got the dough, give
it a go!
Click to expand...

What\'s different is that the culture of speeding & road racing is alive & well there. It died out here decades ago.


NT
 
On 2020-08-30 01:41, Tabby wrote:
On Saturday, 29 August 2020 18:38:05 UTC+1, Bill Martin wrote:
On 8/29/20 5:05 AM, Tabby wrote:
On Saturday, 29 August 2020 04:24:13 UTC+1, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-28 22:50, Tabby wrote:
On Friday, 28 August 2020 18:01:16 UTC+1, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-26 19:24, Tabby wrote:
On Monday, 24 August 2020 23:53:04 UTC+1, RichD wrote:
On August 24, Tabby wrote:

I saw a review of the latest Corvette, the writer raved,
it\'s comparable to Lambos costing twice as much. Anyway, he
claimed that this version is quicker from the starting gate
than previous because, novelly, the engine is mid-mount.
Why would engine location affect acceleration?

I\'ve never seen the point in such cars.

Do you see the point in life?

yes, and IME it has nothing to do with driving a road going car
at nutty speeds.


Let me help you out :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL7Uvk-RAkI

\"You only go around once in life, so grab for all the gusto you
can\"

So american, to get philosophy from a teevee ad -

I\'m quite content to chill behind the wheel. Don\'t get me wrong
I\'ve had good fun on the track, but not gonna do that on the
road, and have no need for daily adrenaline rushes. It has
nothing to do with what\'s important to me.

You\'re no fun anymore.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Lol, I love fun time. but that\'s not my idea of fun.


Well, it\'s true that motorsports can hardly compete with the thrill of
putting _two_ spoons of Ovaltine into the hot milk. ;)

Cheers

Phil Hobb

I never would have guessed that was your idea of fun!

Motorsport has its place, and it\'s not on the road. The UK is not like the US in some respects.


NT

No different here in USA...people buy those type cars for \"ego boosters\"
for the most part. Richer people buy yachts for the same reasons, I
expect. Nothing practical about either, but if you got the dough, give
it a go!

What\'s different is that the culture of speeding & road racing is alive & well there. It died out here decades ago.


NT
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Lots of empty roads here, with a lot fewer cameras.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
 
On Sunday, 30 August 2020 15:15:19 UTC+1, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-30 01:41, Tabby wrote:
On Saturday, 29 August 2020 18:38:05 UTC+1, Bill Martin wrote:
On 8/29/20 5:05 AM, Tabby wrote:

Motorsport has its place, and it\'s not on the road. The UK is not like the US in some respects.


NT

No different here in USA...people buy those type cars for \"ego boosters\"
for the most part. Richer people buy yachts for the same reasons, I
expect. Nothing practical about either, but if you got the dough, give
it a go!

What\'s different is that the culture of speeding & road racing is alive & well there. It died out here decades ago.


NT


Lots of empty roads here, with a lot fewer cameras.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs
Click to expand...

That culture became impossible in the early 80s here. Surveillance has ramped up hugely since then of course.


NT
 
On 2020-08-31 17:39, Tabby wrote:
On Sunday, 30 August 2020 15:15:19 UTC+1, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2020-08-30 01:41, Tabby wrote:
On Saturday, 29 August 2020 18:38:05 UTC+1, Bill Martin wrote:
On 8/29/20 5:05 AM, Tabby wrote:

Motorsport has its place, and it\'s not on the road. The UK is not like the US in some respects.


NT

No different here in USA...people buy those type cars for \"ego boosters\"
for the most part. Richer people buy yachts for the same reasons, I
expect. Nothing practical about either, but if you got the dough, give
it a go!

What\'s different is that the culture of speeding & road racing is alive & well there. It died out here decades ago.


NT


Lots of empty roads here, with a lot fewer cameras.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

That culture became impossible in the early 80s here. Surveillance has ramped up hugely since then of course.


NT
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Sure, because you folks live in a garden, whereas by comparison we live
in a wilderness with lots of good twisty roads. ;)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
 
Am 01.09.20 um 00:17 schrieb Phil Hobbs:

Sure, because you folks live in a garden, whereas by comparison we live
in a wilderness with lots of good twisty roads. ;)
Click to expand...

, all of them different. Reminds me at nethack. Did you play that
in a previous life?


> Cheers

Gerhard
 
On 2020-08-31 18:24, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
Am 01.09.20 um 00:17 schrieb Phil Hobbs:


Sure, because you folks live in a garden, whereas by comparison we
live in a wilderness with lots of good twisty roads. ;)

 , all of them different. Reminds me at nethack. Did you play that
in a previous life?


Cheers

Gerhard
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I know ADVENT:

\"You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all different.\"

or, in another place,

\"You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.\"

Turns out that Colossal Cave in the game is actually a pretty good map
of a neighbouring cave whose name I forget.

That darned dwarf.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
 
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