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From: Mike Hunter on 23 Feb 2010 19:36 You are ten years off. That Tiger had a early seventies 260 CID Ford Falcon V8. ;) "tww1491" <twaugh5(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:C7_gn.49610$qJ.15170(a)newsfe10.iad... > > > "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message > news:4b846315$1$525$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net... >> Can I assume you never owned a Toyepet in the late fifties? ;) > I sure remember those when I was Japan in the mid 60s. Ugh! On the other > hand, there were some great cars running around Tokyo during those > years -- Datsun 2000, Prince Skylines -- and my Sunbeam Tiger. >
From: Clive on 23 Feb 2010 19:44 In message <hm12mh$91d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, C. E. White <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> writes > But German >electronics...well they suck. You're totally uneducated about Europe then. It's the Italian cars that have very unreliable electrics. Bosch has an enviable name in all things electronic and cars are no exception. May-be you're thinking about some American factory that is turning out Bosch supplies, over there with locally sourced rubbish parts. -- Clive.
From: charlesgrozny on 23 Feb 2010 20:10 "Clive" <clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:SeLuHGD8ZHhLFwNT(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk... > In message <hm12mh$91d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, C. E. White > <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> writes >> But German >>electronics...well they suck. > You're totally uneducated about Europe then. It's the Italian cars that > have very unreliable electrics. Bosch has an enviable name in all things > electronic and cars are no exception. May-be you're thinking about some > American factory that is turning out Bosch supplies, over there with > locally sourced rubbish parts. > -- > Clive. Or maybe poor brain-dead Ed has confused Bosch with Lucas Prince of Darkness. Charles Grozny
From: charlesgrozny on 23 Feb 2010 20:15 "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message news:4b846f1b$1$28167$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net... > What's you point? You can not compare any manufactures vehicles today > with what they made, even ten years ago, let alone forty years ago. > > Toyota makes good stuff but so does every other manufacturer today. I've > saw thousands of Ford and other brands run to 300,000 and more, when I > still owned my fleet service business, when given the proper preventive > maintenance. Well since the most recent vehicle I've had, both GM and Toyota are 95's, I'd say that that is a valid comparison point. I'm not impressed with really anybody's newer vehicles. It will be a while before I can afford them anyway. In 1999 when I sold my 1995 S-10, it already had more rust on it at 50,000 miles than my current 1995 Corolla does now at 140,000. I remembered why I put you on the list. If it weren't for you, there probably wouldn't be a Ford Motor Company. Charles Grozny
From: charlesgrozny on 23 Feb 2010 21:34
"Conscience" <nobama@g�v.com> wrote in message news:hm1vl0$s9d$1(a)news.albasani.net... > On 2010-02-23 16:44:44 -0800, Clive <clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> said: > >> In message <hm12mh$91d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, C. E. White >> <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> writes >>> But German >>> electronics...well they suck. >> You're totally uneducated about Europe then. It's the Italian cars that >> have very unreliable electrics. Bosch has an enviable name in all >> things electronic and cars are no exception. May-be you're thinking >> about some American factory that is turning out Bosch supplies, over >> there with locally sourced rubbish parts. > > The Brits had Lucas, Prince of Darkness. > Isn't that why the English have warm beer? Lucas also makes refrigerators. .. . . Charles Grozny |