Date:         Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:58:38 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
Comments: To: Simon Reinhardt <simon@farrside.net>
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>All that being said, I stand by my initial impression of the WBX,
>formed when I was putting a head on one last May- It's as if the
>faithful old Boxer design group, slaving away in Wolfsburg lo these
>many years, had been told that they were going to be fired in a
>year- and then were given an additional slap in the face, in the
>form of an assignment to design a WATER-cooled boxer before they
>left!
>Well, what sort of engine would YOU design under those
>circumstances? I'd say we got it...
>
>-Simon

I hadn't looked at it this way, but you put it very well!
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Andrew Grebneff
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<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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