The Unofficial Guide to Cobra Replicas

[Steve Cassani]

On reading my reply to this post I have discovered my example is exactly the sort of one-dimensional question that can be answered, using a spreadsheet. Not for the first time I typed without thinking through what I needed to say. Here is a sample of a query that cannot yield useful results if it is asked of a spreadsheet:

Which constructor offers a replica of the 427 Cobra that (1) allows for adjusting the pedal box AND (2) allows for roll bars to protect the driver and passenger?

A spreadsheet will force the reader to read constructor after constructor, looking for, firstly, an instance of adjustable pedal box followed by asking of these constructors, which replica allows for two roll bars. If I have my example right, the tedium of doing this will be apparent and you will agree that it is enough to discourage readers from using the spreadsheet to query for information that meets the questioners need. The pedal box and roll bars options are not engineered together; they come to be grouped by the person who wishes to narrow his choice of constructor, using a criterion the questioner has constructed.