Nathan,
So true, so true...
Bill
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From: Nathan Wajsman
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 11:41 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] My American Car
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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