Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Merc GL450

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

I kinda like some of Toyota's hybrid motors....their Highlander V6 hybrid
and their Lexus GS V8 hybrid.

The Lexus IS-F with the 8 speed auto is also interesting as well....I think
credit must be given to Lexus for adding some bark to their lineup as of
late.

The soul argument is most applicable when one is limited to one car all
around; once you have several soul machines, you can look into making your
daily drivers and/or sedans more "practical".

:)

FG

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] 
gmail.com>wrote:

> See now I can't argue either point here...  My wife drives a Toyota
> 4Runner.  Its dead on reliable, its like my Honda lawn mower...  Though
> not as loud.
>
> That said it is the automotive equivalent of white paste or elevator
> music or de-caffeinated coffee, or diet coke.  Its the Nutra-sweet of
> the car world...  All toyotas are without exception.  The only thing
> worse I think are the poor saps who spend even more for a Lexus, which
> is just a jar of white paste with some golden sparkles in it or elevator
> music in stereo or diet decaffeinated coke ONE...  The splenda of the
> car world...  You paid more, but got the same no soul...
>
> My God how I loathe driving it, even though its quiet, smooth, closes up
> like a vault and gets me there with a minimum of fuss, is easy to load
> and unload, kids like it, and it never hiccups even a little bit...
>
> Hateful Soulless thing, makes me want to drill a pinhole in an oil line
> so it leaves a bit on the garage floor...
>
>
>
> Jim Conforti wrote:
> > At 03:24 PM 2/24/2009, rolindsay [at] yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> >> Agreement and counterpoint:
> >>
> >> There's no doubt that the Japanese cars are rock-solid and
> >> dependable. And I would never own one. They have no soul.
> >>
> >
> >    and to counter Rick's counterpoint.
> >
> >    It's my WIFE's car - the one my SON rides in.
> >
> >    I don't care if it has soul - I want it to be dependable,
> > reliable, and safe.
> >
> >    Ergo, they ride in a Toyota Highlander.  (Her choice actually)
> >
> >
> >
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