Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Merc GL450

[Jim (jimshadow]

That is just Brilliant!!!

I had a Highlander for a rental for a week while my company car was in the 
shop.   It was very bland I thought.   My wife did not like it over the 
Odyssey.
Must be something about it though...they are all over town here!

JIM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Fleischer" <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
To: "JIM" <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
Cc: "FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Merc GL450


> 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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