To each his own, I guess. I have lived about half my adult life in the US and
the other half (more recent) in Europe, and have obviously owned cars in both
places. Now I visit the US from time to time, and the US being what it is, a
car rental is always a necessity. So I get to drive new “American” cars on a
regular basis, and I find them like sofas on wheels—soft and squishy, terrible
handling, maybe good for an 80-year old cruising at 40 mph, but I am not yet in
that age bracket.
I put “American” in brackets, because what I really mean is “a car meant for
the US market”. Last year I had a Toyota of some sort, and it felt totally
different (not in a good way) from the Toyota Avensis I drive here in Spain.
And so it goes.
Cheers,
nathan
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> On 09 Jun 2015, at 17:20, Bob Benson <bob.benson91@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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