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kevinpackard wrote:
If I want to go fast, that's not what the Packard is for. Different cars for different purposes. I have an '05 Audi S4 for speed...plenty of power to slam you back in the seat through all six gears, and 0-60 in about 4 seconds. The Audi is designed for speed with all the modern safety equipment. The Packard is not.
-Kevin
Small world, I myself have an '05 Audi but, it's an A4 3.0 Cabrio. Bought it back when it was about two years old but, still have it. It was next to an S4 Cabrio.. luscious black with red leather. My wife grimaced and proclaimed I was lucky to get what I was getting. Brilliant road cars but, VERY needy ladies. Often thought about getting one of those 4.2 V-8 ground pounders but, so much to go wrong if they weren't maintained just right.
I like many shake my head on the disk/drum debate. I'll be helping my father replace the rear drums on his Toyota Tundra this holiday. Still relevant on the back two wheels.. four corners?? maybe not. I've driven it many times and never ended up at the bottom of a ravine, never to be seen again, they work.
My company is quite big and we have a platform called Yammer (Facebook for work). We have a channel called Gearheads. I've posted on there a few times and someone in my building reached out wanting to meet up and talk Packard's. Seems his maternal grandparents worked for Packard and met at the plant. He would like to one day get a '46-'50 fastback. During lunch he stated he knew he would have to convert one to 12V.. Why?? Have the laws of physics changed?? 6V systems worked for decades.. just need to maintain them right and not be lazy about them.
During my career I've worked with a few teams bringing new products to market and if you've never been through that process... the number of engineers, phase gates and due diligence that go into that process... it's mind boggling. Anytime I reassemble something and ponder a change I challenge myself as to why I think I know better than a team of engineers that worked countless hours validating an end product. Of course there are exceptions, i.e. Chevy Vega's etc.. but Packard's were exceptional machines and more about their mechanical prowess than sexy lines. I still think they have remained relatively untouched and think that's the reason. The factory did it right. If you want to add something the car never came with.. AC etc... so be it.
Mike
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