Capt. Rob wrote:
On Sep 8, 5:50 pm, wrote:
On 7 Sep, 17:50, "Capt. Rob" wrote:



Donal, you just go on and on proving that you're into bloated blvd.
cruisers and that's fine with me! It must be really killing you that I
will own such a car purely as a toy.
Noisy? BWAHAHAHAAAHHAHAHAHAHA!
Well, there is a huge difference between the
high pitched whine of a 4 cylinder Evo, and the
low pitched growl of a 12 cylinder of a DB9.


Yup...the 4 is more fun and uses less gas!


Real power actually sounds nice. Cheap power
sounds like a modern Japanese motorbike.


Yeah, too bad those Japanese bikes utterly rule the world of
performance biking,

Bob, one word, .... Ducati........


Cheers
Marty

On Sep 8, 10:05 pm, Marty wrote:
Capt. Rob wrote:
On Sep 8, 5:50 pm, wrote:
On 7 Sep, 17:50, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

Donal, you just go on and on proving that you're into bloated blvd.
cruisers and that's fine with me! It must be really killing you that I
will own such a car purely as a toy.
Noisy? BWAHAHAHAAAHHAHAHAHAHA!
Well, there is a huge difference between the
high pitched whine of a 4 cylinder Evo, and the
low pitched growl of a 12 cylinder of a DB9.

Yup...the 4 is more fun and uses less gas!

Real power actually sounds nice. Cheap power
sounds like a modern Japanese motorbike.

Yeah, too bad those Japanese bikes utterly rule the world of
performance biking,

Bob, one word, .... Ducati........

Cheers
Marty



I dig the Duacti's, Marty. In fact, because I love cars, I pretty much
can appreciate most cars. Guys like Donal have no clue. They read
magazines and dream about silly cars like the AM. He's so pathetic he
thinks there's a pecking order for cars that will elevate his status.
He needs to drive a MazdaSpeed3 and then his AM and tell me which one
is more fun on a twisty road. Of course the Evo X is more fun than
either.
BTW, the leather seats in the Evo have suede finished bottoms to hold
the driver in place during hard cornering. They are very nicely done.
The lavish seats in the AM are...well....lavish. They don't hold a
driver in place very well. Donal is a typical consumer dreaming of
exotic cars and missing the boat yet again.
Soon enough I'll be driving a GT-R. It's a supercar that trounces the
AM in every area, including fit & finish. It's about the handling and
the way a car feels blasting out of a turn, not who's car gets the
spot in front of the Casino. Someday James Donal Bond may learn that,
but it won't happen during any "advanced driving course" of course!

Oh my!


R.

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:50:05 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob"
wrote:

On Sep 8, 10:05 pm, Marty wrote:
Capt. Rob wrote:
On Sep 8, 5:50 pm, wrote:
On 7 Sep, 17:50, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

Donal, you just go on and on proving that you're into bloated blvd.
cruisers and that's fine with me! It must be really killing you that I
will own such a car purely as a toy.
Noisy? BWAHAHAHAAAHHAHAHAHAHA!
Well, there is a huge difference between the
high pitched whine of a 4 cylinder Evo, and the
low pitched growl of a 12 cylinder of a DB9.

Yup...the 4 is more fun and uses less gas!

Real power actually sounds nice. Cheap power
sounds like a modern Japanese motorbike.

Yeah, too bad those Japanese bikes utterly rule the world of
performance biking,

Bob, one word, .... Ducati........

Cheers
Marty



I dig the Duacti's, Marty. In fact, because I love cars, I pretty much
can appreciate most cars.

Um... Duacti doesn't make cars, Rob. Neither does Ducati.

On Sep 9, 6:28 am, wrote:
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:50:05 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob"



wrote:
On Sep 8, 10:05 pm, Marty wrote:
Capt. Rob wrote:
On Sep 8, 5:50 pm, wrote:
On 7 Sep, 17:50, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

Donal, you just go on and on proving that you're into bloated blvd.
cruisers and that's fine with me! It must be really killing you that I
will own such a car purely as a toy.
Noisy? BWAHAHAHAAAHHAHAHAHAHA!
Well, there is a huge difference between the
high pitched whine of a 4 cylinder Evo, and the
low pitched growl of a 12 cylinder of a DB9.

Yup...the 4 is more fun and uses less gas!

Real power actually sounds nice. Cheap power
sounds like a modern Japanese motorbike.

Yeah, too bad those Japanese bikes utterly rule the world of
performance biking,

Bob, one word, .... Ducati........

Cheers
Marty

I dig the Duacti's, Marty. In fact, because I love cars, I pretty much
can appreciate most cars.

Um... Duacti doesn't make cars, Rob. Neither does Ducati.



Um....who said they did? I was referring to bikes and how Japanese
models have eclipsed just about everything.
Do let us know how the driving class goes.




R.

On Sep 9, 4:18*am, wrote:
On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 04:15:33 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob"





wrote:
On Sep 9, 6:28 am, wrote:
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:50:05 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob"

wrote:
On Sep 8, 10:05 pm, Marty wrote:
Capt. Rob wrote:
On Sep 8, 5:50 pm, wrote:
On 7 Sep, 17:50, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

Donal, you just go on and on proving that you're into bloated blvd.
cruisers and that's fine with me! It must be really killing you that I
will own such a car purely as a toy.
Noisy? BWAHAHAHAAAHHAHAHAHAHA!
Well, there is a huge difference between the
high pitched whine of a 4 cylinder Evo, and the
low pitched growl of a 12 cylinder of a DB9.

Yup...the 4 is more fun and uses less gas!

Real power actually sounds nice. *Cheap power
sounds like a modern Japanese motorbike.

Yeah, too bad those Japanese bikes utterly rule the world of
performance biking,

Bob, one word, *.... Ducati........

Cheers
Marty

I dig the Duacti's, Marty. In fact, because I love cars, I pretty much
can appreciate most cars.

Um... Duacti doesn't make cars, Rob. Neither does Ducati.

Um....who said they did? I was referring to bikes and how Japanese
models have eclipsed just about everything.
Do let us know how the driving class goes.

Um... "I dig the Duacti's, Marty. In fact, because I love cars, I
pretty much can appreciate most cars."- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -



Here's what I wrote....

Yeah, too bad those Japanese bikes utterly rule the world of
performance biking, but they're not exactly cheap either. Donal,
everything you've said smacks of the 80's. That was when big engines
and Harley/Ducati seemed wonderful. Then the Nissan 300 Twin Turbo
came out....and everything changed in a day.

So we can assume that YOU think I meant that Ducati and Harley were
eclisped by the Twin Turbo!!!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!


R

On Sep 9, 5:52*am, wrote:
On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 06:18:14 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob"





wrote:
On Sep 9, 4:18*am, wrote:
On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 04:15:33 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob"

wrote:
On Sep 9, 6:28 am, wrote:
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:50:05 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob"

wrote:
On Sep 8, 10:05 pm, Marty wrote:
Capt. Rob wrote:
On Sep 8, 5:50 pm, wrote:
On 7 Sep, 17:50, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

Donal, you just go on and on proving that you're into bloated blvd.
cruisers and that's fine with me! It must be really killing you that I
will own such a car purely as a toy.
Noisy? BWAHAHAHAAAHHAHAHAHAHA!
Well, there is a huge difference between the
high pitched whine of a 4 cylinder Evo, and the
low pitched growl of a 12 cylinder of a DB9.

Yup...the 4 is more fun and uses less gas!

Real power actually sounds nice. *Cheap power
sounds like a modern Japanese motorbike.

Yeah, too bad those Japanese bikes utterly rule the world of
performance biking,

Bob, one word, *.... Ducati........

Cheers
Marty

I dig the Duacti's, Marty. In fact, because I love cars, I pretty much
can appreciate most cars.

Um... Duacti doesn't make cars, Rob. Neither does Ducati.

Um....who said they did? I was referring to bikes and how Japanese
models have eclipsed just about everything.
Do let us know how the driving class goes.

Um... "I dig the Duacti's, Marty. In fact, because I love cars, I
pretty much can appreciate most cars."- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Here's what I wrote....

"I dig the Duacti's, Marty. In fact, because I love cars, I
pretty much can appreciate most cars."

There you go again!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -



Donal thinks Harley Davidson's marketshare was impacted by the Nissan
Twin Turbo of the early nineties. He thinks a DB9 handles like a 911
AWD or Evo X. He's taking driving lessons IN a DB9!
And he has no sailboat. I doubt he has a world class handling car
either, but he's afraid to say.



RB

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
...
On Sep 8, 9:25 pm, "redbard" wrote:
"Capt. Rob" wrote in message

...





Do you really need AWD in areas that get snow? We get 150-250 inches
per
year and front wheel drive or LSD (limited slip differentials) has
worked
great for the last 25 years.

Carmel gets 40 inches a year, a "blizzard" there is 22 inches. Call
in
the
Unimogs!

It's so funny when someone speaks out...and then sounds even dumberer
than poor Donal about cars!
So let's see...this poor clown thinks AWD is all about snow
accumulation! Oh boy! Probably if the poor toad drove the 2.4 mile
road up into Kent Cliffs where my house is located he'd know that a
easy dusting stops most FWD cars.
Everyone here has AWD without
exception because of the hilly terrain.

Does a KIA Sedona have AWD?

Let me know when you get to mountainous terrain.

Now...should I teach him about AWD in a performance car and what
advantages it offers?

14" ground clearance?

Granny low and differential locks?

8' snowplow?



I don't have a Kia Sedona anymore. We traded it for a SUV. With 50K
miles on it the Sedona was the only trouble free car I owned. I'm
picking up an Outlander XLS for Suzanne, so we'll see how it compares.



R.

Stunning resale value! And you said you were going to keep it for years!

At least you made lemonade with the lemons!

Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

wrote in message
...

Harley occupies a particular niche that is rarely impacted in any
meaningful way by other brands. The exception was the revolution
caused when Honda entered the US market in the early 1960's and
increased overall motorcycle ownership exponentially. Other than that,
people who want a Harley, usually don't want anything else. It has
nothing to do with the relative merits of different brands.



You got that right. Harley sells image to mostly middle aged people who need
one.

On Sep 9, 6:47*am, "redbard" wrote:
wrote in message

...



Harley occupies a particular niche that is rarely impacted in any
meaningful way by other brands. The exception was the revolution
caused when Honda entered the US market in the early 1960's and
increased overall motorcycle ownership exponentially. Other than that,
people who want a Harley, usually don't want anything else. It has
nothing to do with the relative merits of different brands.

You got that right. Harley sells image to mostly middle aged people who need
one.



Actually, you're both clueless. By the mid 90's HD was fighting for
it's life due to serious quality control issues. They had lost a huge
share of the market and survived MAINLY due to their parts business.
They fixed their problems and are strong again, but they can't compete
with other builds for quality at all. Cosmetics are gorgeous,
performance is just short of awful.



RB

On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:59:12 -0700, Capt. Rob wrote:

On Sep 8, 5:50 pm, wrote:

Well, there is a huge difference between the
high pitched whine of a 4 cylinder Evo, and the
low pitched growl of a 12 cylinder of a DB9.


Yup...the 4 is more fun and uses less gas!

The 4 is a cheap engine in a cheap car that
has been designed to exploit the "sub-prime"
market. It cannot use much gas because
a typical Evo driver is probably quite
cost conscious.

Mitsubishi Almost admit this in a press release:-

"Sales in the United States for October through December were down 3,000
units year-on-year, impacted by increased market competition stemming from
growing uncertainty about the future of the United States economy due to
the sub-prime loan problem."

Full text he-
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-7471472/Mitsubishi-Motors-Announces-3Q-FY2007.html




Regards


Donal
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Real power actually sounds nice. Cheap power
sounds like a modern Japanese motorbike.


Yeah, too bad those Japanese bikes utterly rule the world of
performance biking, but they're not exactly cheap either. Donal,
everything you've said smacks of the 80's. That was when big engines
and Harley/Ducati seemed wonderful. Then the Nissan 300 Twin Turbo
came out....and everything changed in a day. Then Honda built the NSX
and got it to out-handle everything and do it with skinny tires. Hey,
Donal....the 80's are calling!


R.