I seriously suggest you take an honest look at American cars......




He's not going to, Ozzy. The US builders are such a mess it almost
boggles the mind. Imagine that the Japanese companies perfected the
economy car and brought it to a level no one could have imagined. The
US builders STILL can't match it. Then Korean companies come here and
do the same thing, still with no solid answer from the US builders.
Then companies like Subaru and Honda refine small chassis designs even
further and make fun cars out of them. A lot of people are correctly
impressed with an STI over the Vette because the STI does so much more
with it's AWD system. You can bet the new Evo will be a killer as
well. The Vette is a danger in anything but smooth dry driving.
There's always some tool like poor Sloco who thinks his Lincoln is a
match for a BMW. Why? Cuz he read it. I've driven a 330 XI and 335 XI
and the only reason to look at a Lincoln would be to save money. And
you'd lose it on resale!
The American car companies have no answer at all to my AWD LGT Turbo.
No response to cars like a 5 series. And when Pontiac comes out with
their all out effort to dethrone the Miata with the Solstice & Saturn
Sky....they fail. Then Mazda slams the door harder with the power
hardtop version. In spite of Inventing the Minivan, the Chrysler
models are the worst on the market while a newer entry from Kia ranks
#1 or #2 on most lists. Even VW has an amazing transmission in thier
slick hardtop convirtible. And then there's my neighbor who just sold
his Dodge truck and bought the Honda Ridgeline. He says it's like
going from a covered wagon to a starship.
Of course anyone with eyes and time behind the wheel of the latest
cars knows this. Even as US car makers improve reliability, they are
far far behind in every other respect.
People like Sloco look at something nice, like a 330 XI and say,
"Okay, what will seem almost as nice for less?" And then they lay down
their money like chumps and claim it's about being patriotic! A chump
is a chump and that's exactly what Sloco is.

The USA can't even design a good TOY car! Powerwheels ride-ons have NO
disc brakes, NO rack & pinion steering, low torque and miserable
battery life. Thomas drives a Pen Perego Gaucho Superpower, the only
24 volt model on the market. It's bigger, faster and safer by a mile.
I suppose Sloco would buy the 200 dollar powerwheels at Target and
think that's fine. I wonder if Target will be selling US cars soon?



RB
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