Re: Brains to Bozo ratio (no Audi content)

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

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At 12:23 PM 8/3/99 -0700, Romeo Shayne Pavlic' wrote:
>Reminds me of a guy in school who had a old war time Slodge Power Wagon.  He
>put 747 tires on it.  Why????  I have no clue.
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>>From: Mike Arman <armanmik@n-jcenter.com>
>>To: <quattro@audifans.com>
>>Subject: Brains to Bozo ratio (no Audi content)
>>Date: Tue, Aug 03, 1999, 10:35
>>
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>>>
>>>> <<  And the Urq gets many many more looks and comments then the common
>> porsche
>>>>  944  >>
>>>> I know from my seat time in both cars, that the P car get more looks
>> then the
>>>> UrQ ever got, and Mars red is far less than un-noticeable.
>>>
>>>certainly true, but your brains-to-bozo ratio for attention in the Ur will
>> be much
>>>higher.  most of the P-car attention will be 'hey Louie, lookie there -
>> that's one
>>>o' them Porsh things ain't it?'
>>>
>>
>> Amen.
>>
>> Coupla years ago I bought an item at the local police auction described as
>> "aircraft wheel and tire".
>>
>> Turned out it was a main gear wheel from a Florida Air National Guard F-106
>> which fell off one such airplane departing Daytona Beach airport, and
>> landed in the Intracoastal Waterway, where the Ormond Beach Police
>> Department eventually fished it out.
>>
>> Tire size 10 by 33 (If I remember correctly), on a magnesium wheel - the
>> best our tax dollars can buy.
>>
>> Paid $5 for it. As I was muscling it into the trunk of the K-car I was
>> driving at the time (and it barely fit), an onlooker exclaimed "I know what
>> that fits! That there's a _Porsh_ tahr!"
>>
>> Also fits Hawker Sea Fury, incidentally, and there are NONE of them around
>> here.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Mike Arman
>>