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From: [email protected] (Diane Palme x2617)
Subject: Re: wife wants convertible
[email protected] (Andrew A. Spencer) writes:
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: >: [email protected] (KEITH NUETZMAN X3153 P7625) writes:
: >: > HELP!!!
: >: > my wife has informed me that she wants a convertible for her next car.
: >[email protected] (Jeff Perry) writes:
: >: FYI, just last week the PBS show Motor Week gave the results of what they
: >: thought were the best cars for '93. In the convertible category, the
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: Does Porsche have a patent on the "targa" name?
: I mean, convertible to me means "top down", which the del Sol certainly
: does NOT do. It has the center that lifts out. This is what i would
: term a targa(unless Porsches was gonna sue me for doing that). I know
: the rear window rolls down, but i still can hardly consider this car
: to be a convertible.
:
: DREW
Here we go...
No, of course Porsche doesn't have a patent on the "targa" name. If that were
the case, what would Fiat do? I suppose that technically my del Sol is not a
"convertible" in the literal sense, but it certainly classifies as an open-
topped car. In addition, the rear section behind the removable top is what
makes my car _infinately_ safer than a convertible.
(flame-retardant on ...)
Diane
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