It’s our big wide roads with lots of shoulder and green verges beyond. Invites
slovenly behavior. <g>
On the other hand, my last rental in Scotland was a diesel Ford Focus. It did
the job, as in it got us around and we didn’t die, but I would never own one,
nor would I recommend one to anyone I actually liked. It didn’t handle all that
well and the rear window was all form and no function.
The VW Passat CC we had the first trip over was larger, but more agile, and
generated fond memories. Can’t say the same for the Focus.
—Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Jun 9, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> To each his own, I guess. I have lived about half my adult life in the US and
> the other half (more recent) in Europe, and have obviously owned cars in both
> places. Now I visit the US from time to time, and the US being what it is, a
> car rental is always a necessity. So I get to drive new “American” cars on a
> regular basis, and I find them like sofas on wheels—soft and squishy,
> terrible handling, maybe good for an 80-year old cruising at 40 mph, but I am
> not yet in that age bracket.
>
> I put “American” in brackets, because what I really mean is “a car meant for
> the US market”. Last year I had a Toyota of some sort, and it felt totally
> different (not in a good way) from the Toyota Avensis I drive here in Spain.
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