DeTomaso Mailing List: February 1997, Message #49
     



From: Mike Shannon <mike@starvector.com>

Subject: Re: Big feet in a Pantera

Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 23:50:16 -0800



>	Another of his tips would be to use "wrestling shoes",

>as these shoes have soles that are smaller than the sole of the foot.

>They might look funny on your next dance-date, but they would give

>a lot more control than driving barefoot.



My wife just bought me a pair of soft leather moccasins with grippy rubber

soles, which I'm anxious to try out as soon as all this snow is gone.

Although I have size 11's, I've never really had a gripe about the foot

space in my Pantera.  Of course I've spent most of my daily driving time in

an X-1/9, so I guess I never gave the limited foot area much consideration.

If you guys think the Panteras are tight, try driving a Lotus Esprit for a

few years!  They make the cat seem like a Lincoln in comparison.  On the

other hand, all the controls (clutch, brake, shifter) required much less

effort, and the car was almost as quiet as the wife's New Yorker at highway

speeds.  That car sounded like it looked, unlike the Pantera.  I enjoyed one

writer's analogy in that hearing a Pantera being started was like reaching

down to pet a kitty cat and having it BARK at you.  ;^)





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