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Subject: Re: [OM] My American Car
From: "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 12:57:42 -0500
Nathan,

So true, so true...

Bill

-----Original Message----- From: Nathan Wajsman
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 11:41 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] My American Car

To each his own, I guess. I have lived about half my adult life in the US and the other half (more recent) in Europe, and have obviously owned cars in both places. Now I visit the US from time to time, and the US being what it is, a car rental is always a necessity. So I get to drive new “American” cars on a regular basis, and I find them like sofas on wheels—soft and squishy, terrible handling, maybe good for an 80-year old cruising at 40 mph, but I am not yet in that age bracket.

I put “American” in brackets, because what I really mean is “a car meant for the US market”. Last year I had a Toyota of some sort, and it felt totally different (not in a good way) from the Toyota Avensis I drive here in Spain.

And so it goes.

Cheers,
nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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On 09 Jun 2015, at 17:20, Bob Benson <bob.benson91@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

As Chris said:



I know that it?s not the point of your photo, Chris, which I like, but I

cannot understand how Americans can like American cars.  I remember

Walt?s last car; I recognised his right to buy it and to enjoy what

turned out to be his last fling, but I thought that machine pretty vile ?

as well as impractical.



Yeah, well.



I have rented perhaps two hundred European and a few Japanese cars while I
have worked/taught in Holland and other northern European outposts.   Not
high-end cars of course, but mid-sized. And I respond to the point in this
way,  "I cannot understand how Europeans like European cars . like many of
the Renaults, Fiats, Peugeots, most of the (yes, GM's) Opels" etc. Some of
the Japanese cars fell into this category as well.   What do I mean?
Little things like poor visibility,  bad seat design, incomprehensible
consoles, poor lighting, awkward access to storage spaces.  Several cars
were real difficult to simply point in the right direction.   I recently
took one back to Hertz and remarked, "this is an awful car." The Hertz guy
said yes, it is,  "I'm surprised they let you take it out."



So what?   A lot of this is personal taste of course.  And rental cars
aren't the best source of experience.  But that comment was pretty broad
brush, and I suggest it goes both ways.



Bob



(And I must apologize for going so OT)

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