Re: [DMCForum] Re: Ride height.
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Re: [DMCForum] Re: Ride height.
- From: Daniel Shane <daniel.shane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:56:43 +0100
I have been told by a friend that was at Lotus at the time that he would
often see Deloreans being chucked around the test track at speeds that where
close to the S2 Esprit.
Apparently it was not uncommon to see a D sideways on the test track.
Dan
On 8/7/05 21:46, "twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Neato.
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> I like this story most of all. That a cheap spring was used to save
> money seems pretty believable. The rest of the story makes it that
> much better. Thank you for passing it along.
>
> Rick.
>
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx>
> wrote:
>> > I'm rakcing my brain right now to figure out who told me this... But I
>> > did hear it @ the Open House event. It went down like this...
>> >
>> > Colin Chapman was no fan of the DMC-12, and resented the fact that he
>> > had to take on the engineering contract, because Lotus needed the
>> > cash. So Chapman wasn't thrilled that after his people worked so hard
>> > on the DMC-12, that it handled BETTER than *his* Esprit on the test
>> > track @ Hethel. To be outdone by a care that he already resented
>> > didn't please him.
>> >
>> > So Chapman decided to screw up the handling of the DMC-12 on purpose
>> > with longer, sub-quality springs....
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