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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:11:04 -0400
From: "Peter Aitken" <peternopsamon.com>
Subject: Re: BMW's are little bitch cars


Your math is not any better! Manic wrote in message >Morgan: >If you want real power, try going back to school. In your 23 word sentence, >you made 7 spelling, grammatical, syntax and punctuation errors. That makes >an average of over one error for every three words. Great job in proving >yourself. Keep up the good work! > >Morgan mackie <infonopsaman-mackie.co.uk> wrote in message >news:924599925.2851.0.nnrp-12.d4e44cb5nopsam.demon.co.uk... >> I'm, sorry but your both soft little girls! if you want power and >Exileraton >> stop being panzies and get The Subaru Impreza 22b >> Regards J&J >> Stuart Kunkler wrote in message ><7fdltm$jud$1nopsamsc02.worldnet.att.net>... >> >allan -- your message contains more rational thought than this entire >> string >> >put together. way to go. >> > >> >it amazes me, the chips people carry on their shoulders when it comes to >> >their cars. my post has been flamed a lot -- pretty much exclusively by >bmw >> >people, for some reason -- even though it was pointed at anybody who took >> >offense at a negative comment on his car. the saab people were as much >the >> >subject of my post as the bmw guys, because when it comes to sheer >> >performance numbers, bmw models have the edge. it seems ridiculous for >saab >> >drivers to argue for their cars on this basis. >> > >> >i choose saab because it is unique in the auto world. the car has styling >> >that turns MY head, and i don't care about anyone else's. it has >sufficient >> >performance to be exhilarating for ME to drive. and it IS a blast to >drive. >> >it has a sound unlike anything on the road. i don't need to feel that i'm >> >driving a superior automobile, because as you so rightly point out there >is >> >no universally superior car. >> > >> >it seems that many got my point backwards. it's not that people generally >> >make automotive purchase decisions with a *conscious* effort to attract a >> >mate. the point is this: when you make many purchase decisions, including >> >cars, you are usually buying something that appeals to you. therefore it >> >says something about your personality (the same personality, btw, that >you >> >use to attract the opposite sex.) you can't help it. even the people who >> try >> >NOT to make a statement with a car, end up revealing something about >> >themselves with this supposed "non-statement." so when somebody >criticizes >> >your purchase of something that appeals to you, and if you take offense, >> >you're doing so on a conscious level because it's a criticism of your >> >purchase, and on a subconscious level because deep down you take it as a >> >slap at your personality. why else would all the participants in this >> string >> >react so heatedly to comments about their cars? >> > >> >so with their replies, the flamers tended to prove my point because their >> >first instinct was to react emotionally, not rationally. >> > >> >happy driving. (i also bought two vw's back in the old days and loved >them. >> >coincidentally, so did my girlfriends...) >> > >> >stuart >> > >> > >> >Allan Williams wrote in message <7f6e0s$21c$1nopsamource.ihug.co.nz>... >> >>Then there are those of us who use our personality and looks to attract >> the >> >>opposite sex - the car is for going places. >> >> >> >>I have three aircooled VW's, one stock, one under restoration, and one >> >>HIGHLY modified one. Our other car is a BMW. Any one who is attracted to >> >you >> >>based on what car you drive is probably either after your money, the >good >> >>things it can provide... >> >> >> >>Different parts of the world have different views of different types of >> >>cars. Where I live, Volvo's are mostly owned by older people, Saabs >range >> >>from young up to old, as do BMW - because of the wide range of models. >> >> >> >>If you based your opinion of me on my cars (if you saw them) you would >> >think >> >>I was quite a different person to what I am... I'm a petrolhead with an >> eye >> >>for detail, but I like to be different. I would most probably fit you >> >>stereotypical Saab driver... >> >> >> >>I'll take a woman who admires cars over one who doesn't - and I did. >> >> >> >>I don't ever say that one make of car is better than another - there are >> >too >> >>many different models, and too many different preferences in a car to >say >> >>one make is better. I enjoy driving my 3 Series BMW, but I don't think I >> >>would ever own a 7 series - I'm not a big car fan. >> >> >> >>Perhaps everybody should stop saying this car is best because blah blah >> >>blah, and find out what car would suit the person asking about them. I >can >> >>tell you several stories of car salesmen who tried to sell me a car I >> >didn't >> >>want - most of them were embarrased in front of their workmates. >> >> >> >>I don't know why people crosspost these questions - they NEVER get the >> >>answers they want. If you want to buy a car, test drive it and see if >you >> >>like it... then make up your own mind. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Allan Williams >> >>"Where's my Bong?" >> >>----------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >>Stuart Kunkler wrote in message >> <7f3l3r$gsb$1nopsamsc03.worldnet.att.net>... >> >>>this has to be the most fascinating thread i've ever read, and the most >> >>>fruitless as well. there are some people here with either (a) too much >> >time >> >>>on their hands, or (b) a strong need to impress. or both. >> >>> >> >>>here's what's really going on in this thread: a man's choice of >> automobile >> >>>says more about his personality than he cares to admit. (it also speaks >> >>>volumes about the sexual partner he would like to attract.) if you're >> >>>insulted by what another man says about your car, especially when the >> >facts >> >>>are in his favor, you're actually taking insult with what he's saying >> >about >> >>>your character and your preferences. >> >>> >> >>>i have owned -- and been enthusiastically happy with -- both saabs and >> >>>volvos. i have friends who drive bmw's, audis and porsches. (i honestly >> >>>can't say i hang with any corvette owners.) as to the point about >> >>attracting >> >>>a sex partner, i'll take a woman who admires a saab over any of those >> >other >> >>>makes -- especially bmw -- eight days a week. >> >>> >> >>>stuart >> >>>84 240 >> >>>86 900S >> >>>93 850 GLT >> >>>95 900SE >> >>>____________________________________ >> >>>"I took the initiative in creating the internet." >> >>> - Al Gore, March 12, 1999 >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > >

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