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To: dangerdoc

Huh, one liter what? One liter cup holders? One liter total weight? Car is the size of a one liter water bottle?


8 posted on 05/09/2008 10:11:43 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: mtbopfuyn
Assuming you're not kidding, I'm assuming that one liter refers to the engine displacement. I couldn't help visualizing a pop bottle with wheels, either.

IRCC, the original 1939 “People's Car” had a 925cc/36HP (0.925L) engine. (1500cc is about 100 cubic inches.) They gradually upped the displacement to about 1800cc in the final Super Beetle.

Driving a 1000cc car on the Autobahn must be a thrill.

One question: will this one come with heat?

20 posted on 05/09/2008 10:21:19 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The women got the vote and the Nation got Harding.)
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To: mtbopfuyn

One liter means 1,000 cc dispalcement.

My 1963 VW had 1200 cc’s and did fine. Top speed 72 mph and when going that speed, Americans I passed were pissed to the point of passing me because of the insult.


21 posted on 05/09/2008 10:21:24 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The Bitcons will elect a Democrat by default)
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To: mtbopfuyn
Huh, one liter what?

1,000 cc engine displacement. I owned an Austin Healy Sprite roadster with about that engine size when I was young and stupid. It accelerated just fine, and with today's modern materials for lighter weight would have been a little rocket! I'd love to beef up the suspension and shoehorn one of today's small V-6s into it, but it went to Sprite heaven many years ago!

69 posted on 05/09/2008 11:08:18 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
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