Don't make 'em like they used to!

Have you seen the story of the British-made steam-powered car which has set a new world speed record for steam-powered cars of just under 140mph. What struck me was that the old world record, set just over 100 years ago was 127.7mph. So with all the developments in technology over the last century, like carbon-fibre for the body, light-weight aluminium for the frame and state of the art steam turbines, we've only managed an increase of just over 10mph. Which to my way of thinking shows just how good the old record was.