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Originally Posted by TLF799R
I think your original comment was "When you make cars costing £150,000 and above, you find a reliable mechanism and you fit it. Excuses smacks of laziness to develop and progress and to make the car a better and more passenger friendly car."
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No Philippa, I did not say that, I think you will find it was Andrew (Jervaulx).
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Originally Posted by TLF799R
If you check your facts you will find that the Blenheim and the 411 series 6 both have integrated air conditioning behind the dash ...
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I don't know what a 411 series 6 is, but I specifically mentioned the Blenheim Series 2 (with it's "chip cutter" air con unit slung under the dash). The current Blenheim may well have integrated air conditioning, and it's wonderful that Bristol have finally caught up with the rest of the automotive industry. I dare say they used up all their stock of the old "chip cutters", (which probably haven't been manufactured since the 1970s).
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You can't tell me that it is easier to produce your own system rather than use a cheap one off a run of the mill production car?
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No it's not easier. Hopefully Bristol weren't so stupid as to develop their own air con system when there are plenty of excellent ones available off the shelf. Car companies should stick to making cars and let air conditioning companies make air conditioning systems.
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Perhaps you need to become more familiar with the dreaded V8s...
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It's a shame you dread the V8s. I think they are wonderful cars, I really like their lines, I'm even warming to the 412, depending on the colour - your's looks quite good. The V8 Bristol (at least up to the 411/412) are quite simple cars, easy to work on and solidly built in most areas, although there are one or two spots where a little more care and attention in manufacturing would have been nice (not unlike almost all cars).
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How do you know it's not straight out of the Viper?
I'm afraid I've checked my facts and it is a specially developed computerised system which is as up to the minute as you can get!
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Hmm, that sounds like a bit of air from the heater matrix to me
How is the chassis "computerised" ?
What are the "facts" and how did you "check" them?
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Isn't that where the chassis came from?
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Sorry Kevin but the chassis has been no where near a Viper. I've driven one and also been in a Fighter and there is no comparison. The chassis is a completely modern one of aluminium and high strength steel with integral race car roll over bars built specially for the Fighter.
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Many different models of the Viper have been produced - which one have you driven?
You say you have "been in a Fighter" - have you actually driven one, in comparable circumstances to the drive in the Viper? (just wondering how you compared the chassis of the two cars).
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I don't mind considered comment about Bristols but I hate it when it is based on misinformation and "urban myth"!
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Ha ha, that's really quite funny, given the Bristol mythology.