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Originally Posted by Lord_magerius
(Post 1432204)
50th anniversary of an american car. Big whoop. When you guys figure out that roads aren't all straight and develop something without medieval suspension, then I shall be happy. Until then, just no. Come to eee yurrr ooop, we have corners. I know this may be confusing to some american readers, but a corner is a bit in the road, where it deviates from being straight and goes in a different direction. I know it's some form of wicked sorcery but if you go to eeeyurrroooop or affrikaaaar or even aysjeeaaah you will find these devilish things. :O:
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I find it funny that Europeans like to talk about Americans not bothering to understand them or their ways, but you are more than ready to do exactly the same. Here are a couple of facts (well, the first is opinion, but I think it's well-founded).
1. European and American racing. European racing started when people raced against each other on the open roads. Hence, 'road racing'. Americans went down to the local horse track. Hence, 'oval racing'. It's amazing what tradition will do for you.
2. A lot of Europeans don't seem to understand the scale of things here. I'll try to put in in Eurospeak to make our situation clear.
I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. We have 2.5 million people in the whole state, and most of us live in three metropolitan areas, all within 130 km of each other. To the The nearest city of any size to the south of us is Las Vegas, Nevada, which is 570 km away. To get there we pass through a few small towns and some mountains. To the West is Reno, Nevada, about 480 km, and it's about 1/4 the size of Salt Lake, so the next real city west of us is San Francisco, 970 km away. . To the north is...well, nothing actually. Boise, Idaho, but that's not very big either, and after that is the Canadian border. To the west is Denver, Colorado, again about 800 km.
So American cars were developed to travel long distances in straight lines. Most of them weren't overly fast, but some were made for speed. That said, they didn't have to handle a lot of tight twisties, they just had to get us there in relative comfort.
It's fine to disagree, but my old Model T doesn't like being made fun of. You've hurt his feelings, and he'd like an apology.
