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From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: National Characteristics of Autos
Message-ID: <376@zinfandel.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 11:05:50 EST
Article-I.D.: zinfande.376
Posted: Thu Apr 18 11:05:50 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Apr-85 04:23:37 EST
Reply-To: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Organization: Zehntel Inc., Walnut Creek CA
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Dick O'Kane, in his book "How to Fix your Car", has a list of national
characteristics of cars.  This is a paraphrase from memory;  I highly recommend
the book to everyone.  O'Kane is sort of the Dave Barry of automotive lore.
(Note: these opinions are not NECESSARILY my own...)

English:  The english car is a game between the designer, trying to figure out
	how to get the starter onto the engine, and you, trying to figure out
	how to get it OFF.  When it falls on your nose, you've won. (Polite
	applause)

German:  The German car is the product of many years of intense effort by
	the worlds finest engineers!  Who are you, with your pitiful knowledge
	and crude tools, to attempt to repair it?  Besides, it CAN'T break!

Swedish:  The Swedes build good, strong, strapping cars that can go over,
	under, around or THROUGH anything, so what does it matter that there
	are SAE, Metric AND Whitworth nuts all on the same engine.

French:  Ah, the French.  Who can BEGIN to understand the French?
-- 
Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
(415)932-6900				(kerch@lll-tis.ARPA)