[In a way I guess I should be happy there are all those spring-cutters out there - if I ever meet up with one I can spank them on the first wash-board corner we go sliding into.

Hey Ppro, that my friend sounds like a challenge.
Where are you located?
I'm in Montana but anytime you would like to test your driving we could get together and give em a run. I mean this being Montana, everwhere is washboards...
I do agree with some of your thoughts regarding, well you know the Wright bros. got off the ground but that doen't mean they did everything correctly now does it?
If you are actually an engineer why don't you help on some of the issues we haven't proven to work and actually need help on?
Mike