Re: The REAL Hitler on the World Stage

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:56:10 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 07:26:54 -0700, JoeBloe
<joebloe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:48:15 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
<nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> Gave us:

True. The US makes some of the most useless vehicles on the planet.

The US makes the most advanced armored cars that haul dignitaries
and the like around in safety all over the world. Such vehicles use
far more fuel than even the biggest SUV or hummer.

Also, the "Hummer" has an electric version that is better than the
gas driven variety. Not available to the public, however.

The fact is that despite everyone's stupid claim about "German
engineering", we are still the best. Despite everyone's stupidity
about what constitutes quality, a Lexus is not it.

Last time I looked it up, Toyota made the best cars in the world (best
from a quality/reliability standpoint) with Honda close. Recent
American cars are next,

Except for GM products. They're the laughing stock here in AZ. Each
new model year, new cars dead by the side of the highway... I guess
it's their new "debugging" procedure... test by consumer ;-)

and European cars third, with the biggest
reliability issue being electrical systems.

Mercedes can't survive desert temperatures either ;-)


I've never owned a American car,

I haven't since 1977... strictly Nissan/Infiniti products for me.

but the ones I've rented recently
surprised me with their excellent dynamics and drivability... very
tight machines.

Yep. Even a Chevy I rented in COS. Too bad they start rattling so
soon :-(

Up until the last decade maybe, both American and
Japanese cars tended to be sloppy and tacky.

John

I haven't driven low-end Japanese vehicles since the mid '60's, but
I've never found a Nissan product that wasn't "tight"... even my
Frontier pickup hangs onto curves so well I periodically scare myself
;-)

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