Porsche essentially copied the streamlined Tatra design (Tatra was/is a Checoslovakian (sp?) car maker). Tatras are very interesting cars which influenced a lot of designs but the Beetle was a total ripoff. So much that VW was fined for doing that eventually.
I think tatra now only builds large commercial trucks but they did some awesome cars, like the T603 (built for communist party bosses). Aluminum aircooled rear mounted V8 with breakerless ignition in around '57.
This car does not belong on that list, it is one of the most cutting-edge and damn neat cars offered in the early 70's. Sure there were problems with the 12A rotary engine, but they have been remedied. The engine design is brilliant if anything and the car performs exceptionally well. RX-2's were safe, well designed, and a blast to drive. They are commonly used in vintage racing now and they have a huge following of enthusiasts. This is not some failure in engineering Fiero junk but a truly amazing car.
The trouble, in the USA, was that it's engine could not meet pollution standards without insane ammounts of smog equipment, which made the whole thing complicated, less powerful, and poorer running. Still it is amazing how much power that 1.1L motor puts out.
I'm offended by it appearing on that list. Similarly the Citroen SM does not belong there.
so I assume the robosweep, if it got to some stairs, would fall down them unlike the roomba which will stop and turn around. That would be pretty funny t watch and seeing how it's built it would probably break apart then too.
Isn't it read "1 in 500" rather than 500 to 1? I believe 500 to 1 means 5x 100% chance while they really mean "one chance in 500"
the newspaper I get said it "1 in 500"
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Porsche essentially copied the streamlined Tatra design (Tatra was/is a Checoslovakian (sp?) car maker). Tatras are very interesting cars which influenced a lot of designs but the Beetle was a total ripoff. So much that VW was fined for doing that eventually.
I think tatra now only builds large commercial trucks but they did some awesome cars, like the T603 (built for communist party bosses). Aluminum aircooled rear mounted V8 with breakerless ignition in around '57.
and how does one know this "forbidden information" is from a credible source rather than just placed in there by someone who made it up?
on one hand that's very slick, on the other hand he needs to get a life.
This car does not belong on that list, it is one of the most cutting-edge and damn neat cars offered in the early 70's. Sure there were problems with the 12A rotary engine, but they have been remedied. The engine design is brilliant if anything and the car performs exceptionally well. RX-2's were safe, well designed, and a blast to drive. They are commonly used in vintage racing now and they have a huge following of enthusiasts. This is not some failure in engineering Fiero junk but a truly amazing car.
The trouble, in the USA, was that it's engine could not meet pollution standards without insane ammounts of smog equipment, which made the whole thing complicated, less powerful, and poorer running. Still it is amazing how much power that 1.1L motor puts out.
I'm offended by it appearing on that list. Similarly the Citroen SM does not belong there.
gnucash?
so I assume the robosweep, if it got to some stairs, would fall down them unlike the roomba which will stop and turn around. That would be pretty funny t watch and seeing how it's built it would probably break apart then too.
its not an rpm-based distro
$ man woman ...damn : (
no manual entry for woman
Isn't it read "1 in 500" rather than 500 to 1? I believe 500 to 1 means 5x 100% chance while they really mean "one chance in 500" the newspaper I get said it "1 in 500"