Re: OT: Inflammatory Post of the Week

On 20 Nov 2005 06:06:43 -0800, bill.sloman@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>
>If you ask me, the Golf is an ugly little car, though the engine and
>suspension are fine. My wife drives a much prettier Sean Leon sports,
>which wraps a Spanish-designed body around the German-engineered
>running gear.

I like the looks. Sort of bullet-shaped (!), definitely function over
form. I can't understand why anyone would buy a sedan when a hatchback
is so much more useful. The suspension and engine are, and feel,
German, although the car is actually made in Mexico. It's a blast to
drive/fling on the twisty-choppy hills we have here.

My wife drives a Civic, definitely a better machine, but booooring.
The Brat has a Toyota (best cars in the world, but dull.)

>
>Put a rocket launcher on your Golf by all means, or go out and buy a
>Hummer and stick a 105mm recoiless rifle on the roof - we rely on you
>Americans to satirise yourselves, since the Eoropean imagination can't
>match your far-fetched reality.

Exactly! That's why I love this place so. It's so, well, goofy and
un-grownup.


John


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