Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Mercedes Benz Durability for the Record

[LS (lashdeep]

Car makers are the real losers as a result of this phenomenon. They have to 
cater to this line of reasoning. The media promotes it to an extent.

Car magazines are written by journalists. I know plenty of them..most barely 
know that lugnuts need to be torqued. But, they know that NAVI and Dynamic 
Stability Control makes a car "better" than another.

A powertrain should be judged by how many times it wins Le Mans. Is there a 
better test than that?

And, if you want to get extreme...if your car's powertrain hasn't accomplished 
the above, is it worth owning? My thought is no.

:)

LS


 


----- Original Message ----
From: Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:54:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Mercedes Benz Durability for the Record

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> I've already gotten death threats!
>
> Rainbolt stated it years ago, car religion is tough to change regardless
> of empirical data.
>
> LS


Agreed for about 99% of the car enthusiasts out there.

I don't get annoyed much if some of these people only want to worship
certain prestigious marques....fine, whatever. But I get very annoyed with
the arrogance that some marques are automatically better than others and
that certain marques (esp. domestic) are POS.

I think it's getting better though. People are slowly starting to accept
Corvettes, Vipers, Caddies, etc.as legitimate performers beyond a straight
line.

FG
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