Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC Anit-Green Weenie help needed

[JAshburne (JAshburne]

In a message dated 1/15/2008 3:11:27 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
Britt2Asa [at] aol.com writes:

(BTW as  an American living in England I can  
tell you NOBODY in the UK looks  upto American car manufacturing when they 
want  
quality).



Hi Britt:
 
I know that as an American in Blighty, you must find that comment ironic,  if 
not hilarious.  Don't get me wrong, I love British sports cars, my first  car 
ever was a Triumph TR250 and I vintage race a 1959 Turner.  And I would  
never argue that the Brits (one t) haven't made many more interesting cars  
than 
the U.S.  The current Bentleys and Aston Martins are among the best  cars 
anywhere in the world today, even if a lot of their technology and build  
quality 
is imported.
 
And while I would never argue that many U.S. made cars were better  drivers 
and performers than the best of the U.K., I don't think anyone outside  of 
England would ever consider a British designed and built car, pre  BMW Rolls 
Royce 
excepted, as superior in build quality!!!!  Handling,  styling, wood and 
leather interiors, panache, fun to drive, all yes.   Better build quality, HAH!
 
Don't forget that there are many more manufacturers in the U.S. than the  
puny 3 of Ford, GM and Chrysler, including Toyota, Honda, Nissan, BMW and  
Mercedes, all of which are built to standards as good as their home  countries.
 
Just three of the famous British sayings about their cars are "All of the  
parts falling off of this car are of the highest quality British  manufacture!" 
 
"The British love warm beer because they have Lucas  refrigerators." and of 
course we all know that Lucas headlight switches have  three positions:  Off, 
Dim and Flicker.
 
Sorry for the thread hi-jack, we now return you to your regularly scheduled  
programming.
 
John



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