Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Absolutely NO Ferrari content (190SL Mercedes)

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Ken - whadda bout the ubiquitous little KdF (Kraft durch Freude) Wagen?
DOUG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ken rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 5:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Absolutely NO Ferrari content (190SL Mercedes)


> uh - cLyDe:
>
> Cars from the WW2 Fascist Axis:
>
> Porsche
> Mercedes -while they were building the 190 SL they also turned out a  
> few 300 SL Gullwings
> BMW
> Audi
> Ferrari
> Alfa-Romeo
> Maserati
> and more recently
> Toyota
> Lexus
> Honda, etc.
>
> Cars from the Allies:
> Vauxhall
> Triumph
> Morgan
> Nash
> Studebaker
> Simca
>
> yeah I'm being selective, but I'll take a Fascist  S class over a   
> UAW Cadillac any day
>
> Cars from the Commies
> Trabant
> Yugo
> Lada
>
> Cars don't reflect politics in as much as national character:
>
> Italian cars are gorgeous, extremely fast and very temperamental -  
> hey, they're Italian!
> French cars look kinky and take good care of your ass - what the  
> French care about.
> English cars require a great deal of puttering, and are innocent of  
> the laws of electricity, but they do a great job of the traditional  
> wood inside.
> American cars are cheap, snapped tpgether, low maintenance, and  
> disposable. And everyone has one. The Model 'T" brought cars to the  
> masses.
> Japanese cars - exquisitely assembled, utterly reliable appliances.  
> Toasters on wheels from the land of 15 mph.
> German cars: fast, over-engineered, high maintenance rockets that can  
> only be serviced by factory mechanics using factory tools, come in  
> your choice of grey or black. The seats are hard but you WILL get  
> used to them, ja?
>
> k
>
> On Jun 2, 2007, at 7:08 AM, clyde romero wrote:
>
> > This was the first attempt by the NAZI car maker Merecedes to make  
> > a sports
> > car hence SL (sports light) for the masses. It handles like a Kmart  
> > shopping
> > car with a bad wheel. But the Nazi car crown needed something back  
> > then to
> > feel good about. If you wanted luxury and a little sportyness you  
> > bought
> > this car since sports cars were considered unreliable etc etc.
> > This is the same model that the current Nazi SL is based on.  
> > Unfortunately
> > the people who buy these cars would not be caught in anything else.  
> > A car
> > from a country who lost both world wars!
> > My 2 cents!
> >
> > Ps who's going to Montreal next week?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Clyde
> >
> > Capt. Clyde Romero Jr.
> > ALPA Manpad Task Force/NSC Airspace
> > Manpad SME
> > C.Romero [at] ALPA.ORG
> > Mobile 678 641 9932
>
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