Re: Battle of the Beaters... (89TaurusSHO)
I read March '97 last night
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Its one of my faves.
I read March '97 last night
Its one of my faves.
Battle of the Beaters...
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Hey I just dug up some old Car and Drivers and stumbled upon the October '97 issue. Near the back they handed 3 writers $1000 to find a beater. First beater was a '79 RX-7 with 145,000 "plus or minus 100,000". Second was a '82 VW Rabbit (the guy somewhat turned it into a GTI?) and the third was a '84 Chevy Camaro Berlinetta.
All said and done it was a damn funny article. My reason for posting it on the VWVortex board probably is obvious by now! The quasi-GTI defeated the other beaters! Allow me to toss in a few quotes:
"I'd like to thank my tire sponsors: Dunlop, Goodyear, Rikken, and probably one other company soon... by the looks of that right front" Mazda RX-7 owner commenting on his 'victory' in the "off-road-ability" category.
"The RX-7 is fun, well suited for charging hard to the redline in every gear, it's the kind of car you have to be ready to get hurt in." Hahaha
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Ah well, I highly suggest grabbing your Oct '97 issue if you have a stack of these things like I do. Cheers!
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- Brian
All said and done it was a damn funny article. My reason for posting it on the VWVortex board probably is obvious by now! The quasi-GTI defeated the other beaters! Allow me to toss in a few quotes:
"I'd like to thank my tire sponsors: Dunlop, Goodyear, Rikken, and probably one other company soon... by the looks of that right front" Mazda RX-7 owner commenting on his 'victory' in the "off-road-ability" category.
"The RX-7 is fun, well suited for charging hard to the redline in every gear, it's the kind of car you have to be ready to get hurt in." Hahaha
Ah well, I highly suggest grabbing your Oct '97 issue if you have a stack of these things like I do. Cheers!
- Brian
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Re: Battle of the Beaters... (89TaurusSHO)
Anything by John Phillips is hilarious. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
Anything by John Phillips is hilarious. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
Re: Battle of the Beaters... (89TaurusSHO)
I remember that article! In fact, someone just wrote a letter to them(that they published) asking why they hadn't done another one like it since. I thoroughly agree...that was an awesome artilce! http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
I remember that article! In fact, someone just wrote a letter to them(that they published) asking why they hadn't done another one like it since. I thoroughly agree...that was an awesome artilce! http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
Re: Battle of the Beaters... (89TaurusSHO)
That article is hilarious, but that's not surprising, considering John Phillips wrote it. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
That article is hilarious, but that's not surprising, considering John Phillips wrote it. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
Re: Battle of the Beaters... (CanuckPal)
I pretty much crapped my pants laughing while reading that article. It IS my favorite C/D article ever written. John Phillips is on some great stuff.
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"The Camaro took on the nickname "Uncle Buck". The GTI somehow got the name Tricia Nixon. And the RX-7 acquired the happy-go-lucky monicker "That total sh!tbox in the parking lot."
ROTFLMAO!!!!
I pretty much crapped my pants laughing while reading that article. It IS my favorite C/D article ever written. John Phillips is on some great stuff.
"The Camaro took on the nickname "Uncle Buck". The GTI somehow got the name Tricia Nixon. And the RX-7 acquired the happy-go-lucky monicker "That total sh!tbox in the parking lot."
ROTFLMAO!!!!
Re: Battle of the Beaters... (3liter914-6)
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quote:[HR][/HR]No need to go obtain a copy of the actual magazine, the things on the web (I read it for the first time on the web actually, then got the Oct. issue in the mail)
check it out:
http://caranddriver.com/xp/Caranddr...99710_feature_battl.xml?&keywords=rx-7&page=6 [HR][/HR]
Thanks! I had to read that, and as I don't often get out of the house, the internet is oft times my only link to the outside world; and because of you generous posting of the above URL, I was able to chuckle at the cars that are 'better' than a Rabbit when they lost all those tests...
check it out:
http://caranddriver.com/xp/Caranddr...99710_feature_battl.xml?&keywords=rx-7&page=6 [HR][/HR]
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