As Chris said:
>I know that it?s not the point of your photo, Chris, which I like, but I
>cannot understand how Americans can like American cars. I remember
>Walt?s last car; I recognised his right to buy it and to enjoy what
>turned out to be his last fling, but I thought that machine pretty vile ?
>as well as impractical.
Yeah, well.
I have rented perhaps two hundred European and a few Japanese cars while I
have worked/taught in Holland and other northern European outposts. Not
high-end cars of course, but mid-sized. And I respond to the point in this
way, "I cannot understand how Europeans like European cars . like many of
the Renaults, Fiats, Peugeots, most of the (yes, GM's) Opels" etc. Some of
the Japanese cars fell into this category as well. What do I mean?
Little things like poor visibility, bad seat design, incomprehensible
consoles, poor lighting, awkward access to storage spaces. Several cars
were real difficult to simply point in the right direction. I recently
took one back to Hertz and remarked, "this is an awful car." The Hertz guy
said yes, it is, "I'm surprised they let you take it out."
So what? A lot of this is personal taste of course. And rental cars
aren't the best source of experience. But that comment was pretty broad
brush, and I suggest it goes both ways.
Bob
(And I must apologize for going so OT)
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