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From: jimb@drutx.UUCP (Jim Bryant)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: RE:first impressions: mustang GT
Message-ID: <559@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 19:26:54 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 12 19:26:54 1986
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in reply to:

> From: vuser@druhi.UUCP (GerardenC)
> Subject: first impressions: mustang GT
> Message-ID: <116@druhi.UUCP>
> Keywords: rabbit shit, GTI excrement, GOLF feces
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes, I'm already very impressed, can't wait to hear what this guy has to
say......

> >I thought my reply to the original Mustang posting was reasonable --
> >am I alone in thinking this?  And I thought stuff like Chuck's reply
> >went away with net.flame!

You're not alone Tom. Your reply was reasonable, and his reply should
have been in net.flame (or better yet, flushed down net.toilet).

> 
> in reply to:
> 
> >Message-ID: <7812@watrose.UUCP>
> >Reply-To: tohaapanen@watrose.UUCP (Tom Haapanen)
> 
> 
> net.flame went away, but I have not. It makes me sick to see vw fanatics
> cluttering up the net with the diatribe on the merits of owning a VW.
                                 ^^^^^^^^
First of all, why don't you look up the word diatribe in the dictionary,
YOU are the one cluttering up the net with diatribe. Tom was in no way
being abusive or bitter in his comparison -- as he said, "NO FLAMES - just
a comparison." If it makes you sick to see VW fanatics, or any other
fanatics on the net, use your 'N' key. Furthermore, if you want to give
any creditability to what you post to the net, try to state *your
opinion* in a civilized and intelligent manner. Talk about fanatics.

> These fanatics think that vw's are sports cars. The rabbit started out
> as an economy car, they put flashy interiors in it (more weight), wider
> tires, renamed it, a little more power, and TA-DA call it a sports car.
> Remember YOU are the one comparing it to a mustang GT. I dare say that on
> a real (road racing)track the GT would blow the rabbit off. please don't
> feed me shit about "what the magazine says" . Go ahead convince me that
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oh, I see, I should believe *you* and consider *your* limited experience
with this car verses that of professional drivers from several
magazines. Right, sure Chuck, anything else you would like me to believe
while you're at it?

I hope that some day you will discover that the way to enlighten a group
of people, such as readers of the net, is not by posting an article that
sounds as if it comes from a crazed high school student, but by responding
in a calm, rational, intelligent manner. Grow up.

Enough said, let's not turn this into net.flame.

> >				   \tom haapanen
> >				   watmath!watrose!haapanen
> 
> chuck gerarden
> ihnp4!drutx!druhi!vuser

jim bryant
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