[thechat] Cars (Re: ripped from the headlines - a speedynewsstoryforMadhu)
Elfur Logadóttir
elfur at elfur.is
Fri Aug 13 16:36:18 CDT 2004
Oops. Hit the send button a bit too soon just now. Sorry.
.:| From: William Anderson
.:|
.:| > in Iceland it's still the poorer choice ... And is not
.:| ranked as high as
.:| > other west-european brands. It is however ranked higher
.:| than Asian brands.
.:|
.:| Shame - some Nipponese cars rock. Oh for a Nissan Skyline
.:| 2002 R34 GT-R ...
Ok, i should have been clearer about that, there are 'nipponese' cars that
are just fine - for most people, but there is a european snob as well.
.:| > May I remind you - Iceland is a snob and a half ... Very
.:| high standard of
.:| > living and everything is expensive ... As if we would
.:| ever feel proud
.:| > driving a car with east-european name on it ... No matter
.:| how west-european
.:| > it has gotten recently.
.:|
.:| That's a pretty shocking attitude. You'll find that
.:| several so-called
.:| Eastern European countries (which still conjures images of
.:| the Soviet Bloc)
.:| manufacture cars and other goods for "the West" -
.:| Volkswagen, GM (Opel) are
.:| prime examples. You might even find parts of your Omega
.:| were produced in
.:| Opel's Hungary facilities!
Well, yes and your ford escort was either german or brazillian, i know that
but they had western names ;)
I might have been a bit too harsh towards my own people in my last email, so
take it with a grain of salt :)
Thanks
elfur
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