Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:agz From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: American v. Foreign Cars Message-ID: <441@pucc-k> Date: Sun, 14-Oct-84 14:08:53 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-k.441 Posted: Sun Oct 14 14:08:53 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 04:57:41 EDT References: <199@umcp-cs.UUCP> <542@sjuvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University Lines: 32 > I don't know about anyone else out there in computer-land, but I myself > will ride in no foreign car unless I have no choice. I had a brake failure > on my former car (an '81 Firebird) and hit a '79 Datsun. "Well, I was just driving my '79 B210 down the road, and this guy driving and American made tank had a brake failure and bashed my car." No, seriously. Unless I had no other choice, I would NEVER drive an American car. An '81 Firebird is probably one of the poorest examples of it, but show ANY American built car in the past few years that have any performance. I'm not talking about a car that comes near racing specs, I'm talking about one that could get out of its own way. I'm not real interested in a car that takes half an hour to get up to highway speed, or a car the the steering essentially does nothing at speeds higher than 30 mph. On top of this, show me one that is efficient. Just wondering, can anyone out there figure out why they aren't efficient? Could it be that they weight 3 tons so they can bash the hell out of Datsuns? Don't know myself on that one. And when all you people start screaming "Buy American, it'll save the economy", I'll tell them to go sit on a sharp stick. If American businesses want my money, they'll have to start producing products that I want. Until they do, I'll continue to drive foriegn cars. If I get bashed by someone driving an American tank, I hope his insurace is good. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Banta {decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Got a CJ-5, four whell drive, smokie on my tail ... "