Re: [VintageLambo] Re: Jack...Why go backwards ?

Poetry Fred. Pure Poetry. I"ll stick with the original electro-mechanical system too. I"d also take a P-51 over a MIG-29. We"re both sick! ;-) Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: ">lamboguy To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:15 PM Subject: [VintageLambo] Re: Jack...Why go backwards ? I just have to step in and open my big mouth.:-D You know, I love the old mechanical stuff.I"ve had a problem moving on to electronic ignition on my 400gt because I just love the fact that little weights and springs are wizzing around, and the wonderful clickity-click of the 4 sets of points opening and closing with such precision that it"s hard to imagine. I know my car would run better with electronics, and would hold tune for longer...but then some of the magic would be gone for me.It would be like putting jet engines on the spruce goose, or a casio circuit in Big Ben. When I"m driving down the road I feel like I"m in some old wwii fighter.It"s not the best thing out there, but considering when it was made, it"s a frickin miracle of machinery! I"m green with envy when I hear folks talking about the smoothness of their MSD ride, but that"s not quite enough (yet) to make me switch over.I love the symphonic clatter of all the pieces working together.I think that"s missing a bit from the newer cars, that are just so smooth they might as well be superconductive. So I"m not going backwards as much as just sticking in the past. Course, I"ve only got about 1/4 of the miles on my 400 that Jack has on his.I don"t think I could keep mine in tune long enough to pull that off. But for now I"m savoring that magical moment in time when Lamborghini was in fact better than Ferrari.Those few years before U.S. regulations and electronics appeared on the scene and changed things forever. Sniff....Viva Lamborghini! ;^D Fred