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Subject: [OM] My American Car
From: "Bob Benson" <bob.benson91@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 10:20:37 -0500
As Chris said:

 

>I know that it?s not the point of your photo, Chris, which I like, but I

>cannot understand how Americans can like American cars.  I remember

>Walt?s last car; I recognised his right to buy it and to enjoy what

>turned out to be his last fling, but I thought that machine pretty vile ?

>as well as impractical.

 

Yeah, well.  

 

I have rented perhaps two hundred European and a few Japanese cars while I
have worked/taught in Holland and other northern European outposts.   Not
high-end cars of course, but mid-sized.  And I respond to the point in this
way,  "I cannot understand how Europeans like European cars . like many of
the Renaults, Fiats, Peugeots, most of the (yes, GM's) Opels" etc.  Some of
the Japanese cars fell into this category as well.   What do I mean?
Little things like poor visibility,  bad seat design, incomprehensible
consoles, poor lighting, awkward access to storage spaces.  Several cars
were real difficult to simply point in the right direction.   I recently
took one back to Hertz and remarked, "this is an awful car."  The Hertz guy
said yes, it is,  "I'm surprised they let you take it out."

 

So what?   A lot of this is personal taste of course.  And rental cars
aren't the best source of experience.  But that comment was pretty broad
brush, and I suggest it goes both ways.

 

Bob

 

(And I must apologize for going so OT)

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