Re: torsen naderism

[audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>This really seems quite simple to me. If you dont like torsens, then buy a
>car without one. If you do, then buy a car with one. Simple physics that.

For some people, this is indeed the answer but not for me.  Some people are
happy enough buying clothes off the rack; others prefer to have them
custom-made and I prefer to make my own (or the automotive equivalent), as
much for budgetary reasons as for intellectual curiosity.  I am (and have
been since I was 8 years old) an inveterate tinkerer with all things
electro-mechanical ... changing things to better serve my particular
(peculiar?) tastes and preferences is second nature to me.  

>Now, if you have to spend this amount of time arguing about it, I can only
>assume you are unsure about whether you would really be better off with the
>other.

Then you would be wrong ... I want it ALL!  I want the good things the
Torsen is capable of providing (and they are real) without any of its
associated drawbacks.  I haven't yet figured out how to accomplish this --
hence the reason I began this thread months ago -- but I'm definitely still
working on it.  It's amazing how people simply assume that I am anti-Torsen
because I'm willing to recongize and acknowledge its failings.  The truth is
that I'm NOT anti-Torsen, I'm not just happy with its shortcomings.  I love
my dog but I won't put up with her pissing on my carpeting for long before I
try to change things ... will I put up with it in the long run if I
absolutely have no alternative?  Sure ... the same is true of my Audis as
well.  They're not perfect and if I can't change things that bother me, I'll
learn to live with them ... eventually.

>Just accept that they are different, and in the words of Jasper
>Carrot, 'when I get my quattro out on the road, I'm going to drive drive
>drive'
>As for all these spider bites, get some insect repellent.

I'm working on it, believe me...  :^)
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