RE: bashing detroit, was Re: One invincible A8 and a cool driver.

["merlin" <merlin@ameritech.net>]

As a resident of Detroit...I can only say...don't bash Detroit, bash the
product.  I know that many will disagree with me so let me take a moment to
get my nomex suit on... ok, here goes...
It is my opinion that as Americans, we do a lot of things very well.  We
just don't do:
Cars...
TV's or
VCR's
merlin


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com] On
Behalf Of John Cunningham
Sent:	Friday, July 02, 1999 8:41 PM
To:	scott miller
Cc:	caliban@sharon.net; quattro@audifans.com
Subject:	bashing detroit, was Re: One invincible A8 and a cool driver.

never one to miss a chance to bash american cars, i have to say, a current
Chrysler is a far better product than from the General these days.  i just
drove
a brand new Olds rental the other day that was the biggest huge of sh*t you
can
imagine.  only improvement in 20 years was probably the addition of huge
roll
bars so it doesn't wallow like sinking barge quite so badly.  bad ride,
terrible
seats/ergonomics. bizarre and ancient controls.  those idiots still actually
make you use the two keys, 1 for ignition and a different one for the doors.
my
friend and coworker along for the ride suggested it was probably because
they
couldn't get past the vast technical problem of coordinating matching lock
cylinders in the doors and ignition on the assembly line.  he's probably
right.
have had the misfortune to ride in Buicks, drive several flavors of Chevy,
and
an occaisional Pontiac, all with the same 70's focus group mediocrity of
design
and bean counter cheap construction.  Pontiacs the least offensive.   on
Chryslers, the rental Intrepid was far better example, IYLTKOT* of course.
rental Cirrus was way better than the rental Lumina, etc.   not that i want
to
drive or own any of that stuff...   and oh yeah, trucks excepted.  we can do
trucks.

(* if you like that kind of thing)

scott miller wrote:

> I'd put Chrysler with Radio Shack on quality.  I buy stuff from radio
shack,
> but it's cheap and I don't expect as much from it.  An awful lot of
> Americans expect better from Chrysler than Audi, but they're slowly
> learning.