"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message
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> "TWW" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote in news:AUFtf.26578$Ou3.25319@dukeread09:
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> > "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message
> > news:Xns973DB492DD19Bjyanikkuanet@129.250.170.84.. .
> >> "TWW" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote in
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> >> > In sum -- I would buy it -- but I still really like my Prelude.
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> >> IMO,the Prelude is better looking,and lower to the ground means
> >> better cornering. I was PO'd when Honda dropped the Prelude from
> >> their line. (man,if the Prelude had a hatchback that looked just like
> >> the coupe,it would have been SUPER! Hatchbacks are SO practical,but I
> >> don't want a station wagon.)
> >> Also,I suspect the new Civic SI has a more free-flowing intake and
> >> exhaus, like the aftermarket CAIs and "Cat-back exhaust" that
> >> "tuners" put on;that being where they get their extra power.[and
> >> extra noise :-( ]
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> >> --
> >> Jim Yanik
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> > The Prelude is lower to the ground and I would think that it would
> > outhandle the Si given the McP strut in the Si vs the wishbone in the
> > Prelude. Overall, I just like the Prelude more, but the Si is a
> > performance/fun bargain.
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> "bargain",questionable. ;-)
> And there are no new Preludes to buy anymore. :-(
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> Does anyone else think that many of these cars are beginning to look
alike?
> The basic body styles are all very similar;higher,narrower,more egg-shaped
> body. No character anymore.
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> Jim Yanik
> jyanik
> at
> kua.net
I suspect when you use computer modeling to determine wind resistance
charcteristics you are going to achieve similar results -- the egg shape or
some variant. Thinking back to cars I liked, designwise, the old XK 120
Jaguar roadster, a late 1940s brainchild, the later XKE which came out in
1961 or so, and the old Shelby Cobra. Ferarris of the the 50s and 60s were
similarly inspiring. No computer modeling then and I suspect little wind
tunnel testing. Just designer inspiration.