well i must admit i love my gt6 but at the start of the day when i have to
go to work to pay for this love affair the gt dose'nt always fancy it, That
is when i also love my mazda 323f (it always wants to go to work and it
never marks its area)
-----Original Message-----
From: Stinocher, Bryan D. <bdstinocher@sewsus.com>
To: 'fred thomas' <vafred@erols.com>; thebrowns@pdq.net
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 1:56 PM
Subject: RE: True or False
>
>Being one of thick skin (some literally, some due to the experiences of
>life!) I would like to say that I have two "jap" cars (both Toyota's, which
>are two absolutely great cars) and one "jap" wife! By the way, I also speak
>"jap" and lived there for over 6 years. My kids are half "jap". Maybe
>because I share enthusiasm for Triumph, I should only buy "english" cars?
>Come on guys, this is not the 40's! Can't we say "Japanese", and admit that
>they make a good car? Good golly, I would hate to think what we'd be forced
>to drive from the big 3 (uncapitalization intentional, as my respect for
>them is nil) if they had no competition from the Japanese. The difference
is
>that the Japanese elevated Demming to a God in Japan when it came to SPC;
>the big 3 didn't care. It showed.
>
>I've been in the automotive industry for over 12 years, dealing with the
>OEMs. There is a reason the japanese cars sell well here: they are very
well
>built. There are some glitches, like all car companies have (if you ever
>have a chance to go on a tour of a car plant, take it. It will open your
>eyes as to the complexity of making these hunks of metal run), but on the
>whole, they are well run, professional operations. And they employ
thousands
>upon thousands of Americans. So get off this bashing crap. There is no such
>thing as a one country car anymore; they all (including the big 3) buy from
>everywhere.
>
>Rant off.
>
>Bryan
>bdstinocher@sewsus.com
>502-782-7397 xt. 2284
>68 TR 250 CD 5853 L (and 2, count 'em, 2, Japanese vehicles!!!!!)
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: fred thomas [SMTP:vafred@erols.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 5:34 AM
> To: thebrowns@pdq.net
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: True or False
>
>
> Jim & Ann Brown wrote:
> >
> > Charles,
> >
> > Just between the two of us, I would suspect that this fellow's
>knowledge of
> > automobiles is most likely quite similar to his knowledge of
>spelling, the
> > King's English, diplomatic finesse, diversity and common courtesy.
> >
> > Non carborundum illegitimi. (Don't let the bastards grind you
>down.)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jim Brown
> > Houston
> > 2 Bentleys
> > 1 Porsche
> > 1 (gasp) Honda (after all, sometimes I have to count on getting
>there on
> > time)
> > -------------------
> >
> > > Why don't you just pull the mechanicals from the jap cars apart
>and see
> > > what kind of car they are from, I know you do not want to guess
>which
> > > cars they were copyied after. If the jap cars are so great what
>the hell
> > > are you doing on this list.
>
> First let me reply to your ending, I am not a bastard, we would not
>have
> bastards if some people kept their mother off the street, second if
>my
> spelling is not good enough for you, I at least try to be of help
>with my
> very little knowledge of cars, maybe you should try the delete
>button or
> better yet get off the list, as I'm sure this is far below your
>level.
> You really deserve to be in D.C. they have a lot of "ASS-HOLES like
>you
> there.
>
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