[DMCForum] Re: Ride height.

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neato.

I like this story most of all.  That a cheap spring was used to save 
money seems pretty believable.  The rest of the story makes it that 
much better.  Thank you for passing it along.

Rick.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I'm rakcing my brain right now to figure out who told me this... But I
> did hear it @ the Open House event. It went down like this...
> 
> Colin Chapman was no fan of the DMC-12, and resented the fact that he
> had to take on the engineering contract, because Lotus needed the
> cash. So Chapman wasn't thrilled that after his people worked so hard
> on the DMC-12, that it handled BETTER than *his* Esprit on the test
> track @ Hethel. To be outdone by a care that he already resented
> didn't please him.
> 
> So Chapman decided to screw up the handling of the DMC-12 on purpose
> with longer, sub-quality springs....

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