Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Merc GL450

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

LOL!  That's a hilarious post!

Remember in Jurassic Park when Malcolm told what's-his-name, "No doubt what you 
have created is incredible technology - but you didn't do anything to earn it." 
 That's how I see Japanese cars. :-)

rick

--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Merc GL450
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 5:37 PM
> 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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