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Old 12th February 2019, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by briang9 View Post
How can they build something as lovely as that and ruin it by not fitting the V8 in it..we live in sad times indeed IMHO. If I ever have grandkids (unlikely really)
they will never experience the raw noise of a V12, V10 or V8 and I think that's rather sad.

(just away to find my flameproof suit)
V8/10/12 engines are like steam trains: utterly lovely, but with no future (runs for cover in a flameproof suit to an underground bunker not marked on the map... ).

That doesn't make me particularly happy either as an individual who loves his V8 (more than steam trains ) but progress is progress, and I love my Tesla just as much as my stunningly lovely S8, and - on balance - it is better at what it's supposed to do.
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