Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:13:00 -0400 From: Fred W <malt_houndnospamo.com> Subject: Re: "Latest Saab 9-3 retains distinctive personality, performance"
Fred W wrote: > johannes wrote: > >> >> Eeyore wrote: >> >>> johannes wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Eeyore wrote: >>>> >>>>> johannes wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Eeyore wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Adrian wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Eeyore (rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com) gurgled happily, >>>>>>>> sounding much like they were saying : >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Would it have done better as a Chevrolet maybe ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Since Chevrolet is "GM's global value brand" - value being used >>>>>>>> in the same >>>>>>>> sense as "Tesco stripy" - and is the badge now stuck onto >>>>>>>> Daewoos, I doubt >>>>>>>> it's quite what they're aiming for with the BLT... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> At least it's not associated with white haired Floridians and a >>>>>>> reputation for >>>>>>> building barges. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I doubt many in the UK know it's a 'value brand' anyway (aside >>>>>>> from Daewoo >>>>>>> having being renamed Chevrolet). They're more likely to look at >>>>>>> the Corvette and >>>>>>> think 'Ooohh' ! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Or they're are usually trucks? Chevy trucks have this very prominent >>>>>> Chevy cross on the front. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Not something you'd see in the UK. There's no real market for >>>>> 'trucks' here. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Yes, a strange difference to the US market where trucks are the >>>> thing to >>>> have, apparently. But trucks have high fuel consumption due to drag, >>>> and >>>> we pay over twice as much for fuel. >>> >>> >>> Is it strange ? Why would the average person even want a 'truck' ? >>> >>> Graham >> >> >> >> Dunno, ask the US citizens here why they wanna pick-up truck, many of >> them have one. > > > ahem... US citizen here. I don't have a pickup truck. My father had > one when we lived in Maine. It was a 3/4 ton 4x4 Harvester > International and had an 8' snow plow on it and an 8' bed in the back. > We used to load it up with the wood cabinets that he manufactured in his > shop and make deliveries to his customers in Mass. We also plowed his > "driveway" which was really a 1/8 mile long gravel road. > > I have a Ford Explorer, which is an SUV built on a small 1/4 ton truck > chassis. The only reason I bought that beast was to pull my boat (to > the water) because any kind of waterfront property (including the little > boat slips) here is ultra expensive. > > But having an SUV that will fit full sheets of plywood or drywall, move > my kids back and forth to college, has a penned in area for our 2 > Labradors in the back when they've just been for a swim, has AWD to get > us to the skiing in bad weather, etc. etc. is kind of handy. It's sort > of utilitarian. In a sporty way. And there's no doubt it is a vehicle. > > The MAIN downside to the whole equation is that it gobbles gas like > there's no tomorrow (an appropriate phrase). However, neither I nor my > wife "commute" and therefore the horrible gas mileage is of little > concern to *us*. > > I don't say that I am the average US citizen. Not in the least. The > average guy here buys one vehicle and uses that to do everything > including some ridiculously long commute (by himself) every day. I, > OTOH burn more of my hydrocarbons in pusuit of happiness, than in pusuit > of employment. And that's the way I like it, yeah that's the way I like > it... > yes I do know how to spell pursuit. I have no idea why I missed the "r" twice in the prior post. What the hell is "pusuit" anyway? -- -Fred W
