Re: BMW Mods/Forced Induction/Modern | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: BRIGANDBAR (BRIGANDBAR![]() |
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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 13:02:10 -0800 (PST) |
You know I had a professional friend who headed a state agency who had been in some version of U.S. Navy Special Operations (though they were called something else back then) and who was involved in "liberating" some allied special operations folks from the Japanese interrogators. The most interesting "legend" about him involves his returning from an emergency call in Eastern Kentucky and running out of gas in his state car (over there this is quite possible to do as in many cases there is a dearth of gasoline stations open after dark). He had walked several miles (the story varies from 3-10, his version is only 3) to find a station where the owner lived on the premises and talked him out of a gas can and five gallons of gasoline (which weighs close to 40#). He was heading back from the gas station and was offered a ride back to the car in some sort of Japanese car, Toyota, Nissan, etc. He refused to even ride in that car and carried the gasoline back to the car on foot. He never talks much about those missions other than to say that from what he remembers of them caused him to act that way. >From that story, and my past experiences in Tokyo with some police and other governmental agencies of Japan has made it easy for me to both to infer what happened during his experiences with WWII, and to draw may own conclusions that nothing that the Japanese do, including predatory pricing of their vehicles in the U.S. is done to benefit anyone other than themselves. Couple that with a most innocuous, but virulent form of racism and there is no doubt that I won't own one of their automobiles except under circumstances when a symbiotic subsidy of cost as reflected in a pricing model and my needs are purely utilitarian. Regards, Steve 1964 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III 1975 Pontiac GV Conv. 1980 MB 450SL 1982 RR Corniche 1988 Rolls Royce Silver Spur 1994 F-350 Powerstroke 4x4 1996 Bronco 2000 Lincoln Town Car 1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder 2004 Excursion + Audrey's 3x MB's Dr. Stephen B. Spies, CES, CFI Director, Forensic Sciences Laboratory Explosives Engineering Technologies Legal Notice: This message does not constitute legal or other professional advice, nor does it create an Attorney/Client, or other confidential or fiduciary relationship between the sender and/or any other party Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U. S. C., Sections 2510-2521, and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, copying, forwarding or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. If you are the intended recipient but do not wish to receive communications through this medium please so advise the sender immediately. Electronic Transmission Security Notice: E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of the message that arise as a result of its electronic (e-mail) transmission.
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