>>>>>>>Hey I know it's high off the ground, which is one of my loves of it, but 1000'!? You must so suffer from vertigo :-)
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>>>>>>>One of the very female features is the illuminated, fold out vanity mirrors on the underside of the sun visors. So your sister probably loves it more than I.
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>>>>>>>Strangely enough, for such a macho-looking retro-styled car, I do find, to my chagrin, that it is mostly women I see driving them around over here.
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>>>>>>The 1000' drop referred to the side of the mountain :o)
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>>>>>So what was your preferred choice for precipice driving ?
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>>>>That would be the Corvette, Nick. (big smile)
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>>>Is that because it can't turn corners and so goes off on the 1st bend?
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>>Before this becomes an urban myth, I think you should drive one before saying that. The suspension scrapes the ground and the tires are about a foot and a half wide. Corrective steering built in. You could drive one off a cliff, but you would have to work at it.
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>I'd love to. It was a joke, you know. However, the fact of 1.5' wide tyres doesn't impress me as to its steerability

Probably true. The illusion of stability, I guess. But I am serious that the Corvettes I had sucked the ground. I remember going around curves -- not test course curves, just fairly sharp curves out on the road -- and the car wasn't even breathing hard, stuck to the inside line as though in grooves. I didn't have to be a Formula One driver to get world class performance from it. It couldn't help itself.