OT: Cheap cars (was: 1%...)

From: James Rice <jrice_at_texoma.net>
Date: Mon Jul 30 16:47:48 2001

My 944 gets left at the stoplight all of the time by Detroit iron. But
I'll catch them and pass them in any corner.

"R. D. Davis" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > On July 30, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > > --- "R. D. Davis" <rdd_at_smart.net> wrote:
> > > > ..."BMW" (can you say "overpriced VW Beetle?")
> > >
> > > Hardly... a BMW has that large finny thing in the front that serves no
> > > purpose in a Beetle. A Porche is an overpriced Beetle.
> >
> > Drop me a note next time you're in DC. I will change that
> > opinion. ;)
>
> Let's see if I can help to mediate this dispute... I think what Ethan
> probably meant to say was that a Porsche is an overpriced Beetle with
> a bigger engine and a squished body, which you should be able to
> demonstrate to him the next time that he's in your area. :-) However,
> I have to agree that a Porsche is overpriced, as I've seen US cars
> with even bigger engines and special handling packages, that cost much
> less, leave Porsches in the dust at stoplights. The look on the face
> of a Porsche owner when an ancient rusting hulk of a US automobile
> embarrasses him by leaving him in the dust like that is quite funny to
> observe. ROFL!!!
>
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