[Spridgets] Le Macchine d'Italia (No LBC)

[Andrew Payne]

Out of curiosity, are y'all talking about Fiats or small cars?  I keep hearing
about hauling a half ton of supplies in a Fiat, does this not also rule out
Mini, MG, classic motorcycles, Honda Fit, VW, Mazda 3, Toyota Yaris, Ford
Focus, as well as guns, cats, and dogs, and almost everything else we talk
about?  This is not so much a question to Kathryn, as to the group, I just
don't get the argument.  It seems that people are saying they won't buy a
Chrysler because they make a car that does not fit your needs, where as now
people are not buying from Chrysler because they don't make a car that suits
their needs. Semantics and circular logic, yes, but the problem for the for
the US auto makers has had more to do with the cars they don't make than the
ones that they do.
At lunch a friend had a brochure on the Ford Fusion I was interested by the
AWD, the V6, racy package - but it has a 90's type slushbox! Back to the
imports!

Drew



-----Original Message-----
From: Kathryn Bales <kgb at frontiernet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:33 AM
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Le Macchine d'Italia (No LBC)

Right now my Cherokee is sitting in the driveway holding 400# of horse
feed, 200# of dog food, 40# of puppy food, 60# of cat food, 4 cases of
Pepsi, and 200' of garden hose. Most Fiats that I have known would not
have pulled that load across the pass to my house, let alone contained
it all with room for me, a medium sized dog, and a human passenger.

Kate


Jim Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:34 PM, mike rambour <mikey at b2systems.com> wrote:
>
>
>>  I actually think the modern Fiat would hold up just fine BUT I also see
>> it failing miserably in the U.S. anyway.
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