[Mgs] The Chinese guys don't get it

Barrie Robinson barrie at look.ca
Fri Apr 12 20:28:33 MDT 2013


The defining factor is education and life experience.  The less you 
have of either the less you have of good taste!



At 04:55 PM 12/04/2013 -0500, Rick Lindsay wrote:
>Naaa Don. B That car is butt-ugly. B Reminds me of a couple-year-old 
>Ford Focus. B e.g. the 'hot hatch' teenager market.
>
>But what you say is true. B I'm old and although an exotic car guy, 
>the new Corvette and even the latest offerings from Maranello look 
>to me like plastic kit-cars. B Full scale Hot Wheels.
>
>-rick
>Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII - the rectangle with rounded 
>corners, just like a BlackBerry.
>
>-------- Original message --------
>From: Don <don at napanet.net>
>Date: 04/12/2013  4:20 PM  (GMT-06:00)
>To: mgs at autox.team.net
>Subject: [Mgs] The Chinese guys don't get it
>
>Maybe it's beautiful and we are too old or of the wrong culture to
>appreciate it.B  Just like music; one tends to favor the things of
>his/her youth.B  I love '50s rock 'n roll, but rock music from about
>1980 on sounds like the Chinese MG looks- awful.
>
>It would be interesting to get feedback from people of different ages
>and cultures as to how they view the Chinese MG.B  I have a fellow
>from Honduras who assists me on taking care of my place.B  He is the
>same age as me, 63, who came to the US about 15 years ago.B  He thinks
>my MGs are ugly, and likes the looks of new Toyotas and Hondas.B  I
>wonder if that may be because he didn't see MGs or similar cars when
>he was a kid and young adult.
>
>----------------------------------------
>
>Don Scott,B  Calistoga CA USA
>1955 MGTF, 1962 MGA Mk 2, 1967 MGB, 1963-7 MGB (seeking), Misc. Japanese cars
>
>
>
>
>
>At 5 PM 4/12/2013, David F. Darby wrote:
> >That is a sinister-looking design.
> >
> >David
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> >Behalf Of Hans Duinhoven
> >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 2:36 PM
> >To: mgs at autox.team.net
> >Subject: [Mgs] The Chinese guys don't get it
> >
> >http://www.autoweek.nl/nieuws/23011/mg-met-suv-concept-maar-shanghai
> >
> >Some new info what the Chinese guys are planning with MG.
> >Sorry for the Dutch text - the pics will tell enough.
> >
> >Nothing to find back of the original MG spirit.
> >So they may keep it.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Hans Duinhoven
> >
> >Still happy with the spirit of my '71 BGT
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Barrie
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