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From: chabot@amber.DEC (Lisa S. Chabot)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Detroit's dying dinosaurs.
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Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 09:05:09 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  3 09:05:09 1984
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ed spigle  ==  >
> 	one reason that US autos get bad milage is the way that they are
> constructed, (to save your life, when you wreck) domestic cars have to answer
> to all kinds of regulations and consumer groups. (foreign cars do not have
> this problem). 
>	for you flamers out their all of these things cost money and this cost
> is passed to the consumer, foreign manufacturers dont have these costs 

Foreign car manufacturers do have these costs: certain cars manufactured in
Europe cannot be sold in the U S because they do not meet various U S
standards. Try buying a Citroen--they aren't imported any more, and if you buy
one and have it sent here yourself, you have to pay many $K to get the thing
modified so that it's legal in the U S (two items I've heard about are the
bumpers and the headlights (which means they take away the nifty feature of the
headlights turning to follow your steering)). 

The reason foreign cars are cheaper must then be because their production costs
are lower.

The only bad part about the safety of driving "foreign" cars (including Rabbits
from Volkswagen of America--built in the U S) is that the ancient dragons from
Detroit still cruising the highways out-weigh your car. 

----
:-)
On the other hand, maybe your interesting punctuation allowed me to miss your
meaning entirely.  (-: to bring another net.flame discussion to mind :-) 

Sinsearly
L S Chabot

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