29 Aug
2011
29 Aug
'11
10:40 a.m.
On Wednesday 13 July 2011 05:58:13 pm Pete Turnbull wrote:
On 13/07/2011 21:38, Tony Duell wrote:
Considering what was around when I started driving, they're ALL small cars these
days...!
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
There was actually an English car called a
'Maxi' too. It was somewhat
similar mechancially to the Mini, but larger.
Similar in a few respects (same manufacturer, transverse engine, similar
front-wheel transmission arrangement) but actually the Maxi was based on
the Austin/Morris 1100, which is a bit bigger than a Mini and a rather
different shape and a very different interior layout. The Maxi was
bigger still - though nevertheless something any American would call a
"small car".