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From: stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Badmouthing American-built cars
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Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 15:21:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  5 15:21:00 1984
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It seems that lovers of American cars think that people who
buy foriegn cars do so only because they are unpatriotic,
stupid, or worse.   Why is it so hard for Motown to accept
the fact that Americans who buy foriegn cars do so for their
own good reasons?

My impression of the American (rental) cars I drive is that they
are all rattling hulks equiped with an extra 2' of nose in front of the
engine for that "elegant" look,  the standard 20 degrees of play in the
streering, a balky/rough-shifting automatic transmission, loose fitting
windows that whistle in the wind, and a 5 liter engine (sorry 305) putting
out just over 100HP.   Granted, this doesn't describe ALL American cars,
but it's a pretty good description of what I've been driving.


                                                    Jim