Now Cars - Gottlieb Daimler

[Annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:

> Geoff [to Steve]:
> You just got in before me because I've been intending to take 
> this one up during today.

Annemehr:
And you've just passed on the favor! :P

Geoff: 
> First, I didn't post the joke you mention. It was Potioncat in 
> message 36273.
> 
> Back to the subject. My sources suggest that the honours for 
> the first car go to Karl Benz in 1885 followed very closely by 
> Gottlieb Daimler in possibly the following year.
> 
> It seems that the first US cars were produced by the Duryea 
> brothers in 1893.
> 
> Course, we ought to take on board the first mechanically 
> propelled vehicle in which case the prize goes to Nicolas 
> Cugnot who built a steam powered machine in 1769.

Annemehr:
Well, you got in before me, but I claim points for citing a site.

Want to call it even? ;)

> 
> Anyone for a walk?
> :-)
>

Anytime, anywhere the temperature is above 50F/10C

Annemehr