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Mar 30, 2001 | 05:28 PM

mingster

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I was reading this British magazine called EVO, and there were 2 things that caught my eyes:

1. A supercar made in Sweden (huh? Yeah, I know) is using this material called Tempur developed by NASA on the seats. This material conforms to your body curvature and hugs you real tight without you feeling like you're in a straight jacket (did I spell it right?). Anyways, I figure this would be great if we could use it on our seats

Rick, you interested?

2. EVO did a comparison article for all kinds of cars as to why they sell and why they don't in HMS GB. In England last year, S2000 sales were surprisingly low compared with the SLK (I have no idea why they chose that particular car), and they basically kinda bashed the S2K and saying this is why it's not selling. Hmm...I've always thought the British press was particular to our car, but in this case it's not. Has anyone else read this article?

Mar 30, 2001 | 05:49 PM

WhataRide

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From: Burbank, CA

This sounds like a material called visco elastic, which is made into pillows under the brand name Tempurpedic. I happen to have one of these, and it makes for a most restful nights sleep.

Mar 30, 2001 | 06:41 PM

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British magazines tend to be a little harsh towards cars they don't like... you should read what they say about the maxima! You'd think the Max was complete junk. And also, I think they tend to be very partial to certain cars...

-Shing

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Originally posted by mingster
I was reading this British magazine called EVO, and there were 2 things that caught my eyes:

1. A supercar made in Sweden (huh? Yeah, I know) is using this material called Tempur developed by NASA on the seats. This material conforms to your body curvature and hugs you real tight without you feeling like you're in a straight jacket (did I spell it right?). Anyways, I figure this would be great if we could use it on our seats Rick, you interested?

2. EVO did a comparison article for all kinds of cars as to why they sell and why they don't in HMS GB. In England last year, S2000 sales were surprisingly low compared with the SLK (I have no idea why they chose that particular car), and they basically kinda bashed the S2K and saying this is why it's not selling. Hmm...I've always thought the British press was particular to our car, but in this case it's not. Has anyone else read this article?