Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:21:37 +0100 From: "Morgan mackie" <infonopsaman-mackie.co.uk> Subject: Re: BMW's are little bitch cars
I'm, sorry but your both soft little girls! if you want power and Exileraton stop being panzies and get The Subaru Impreza 22b Regards J&J Stuart Kunkler wrote in message <7fdltm$jud$1nopsamsc02.worldnet.att.net>... >allan -- your message contains more rational thought than this entire string >put together. way to go. > >it amazes me, the chips people carry on their shoulders when it comes to >their cars. my post has been flamed a lot -- pretty much exclusively by bmw >people, for some reason -- even though it was pointed at anybody who took >offense at a negative comment on his car. the saab people were as much the >subject of my post as the bmw guys, because when it comes to sheer >performance numbers, bmw models have the edge. it seems ridiculous for saab >drivers to argue for their cars on this basis. > >i choose saab because it is unique in the auto world. the car has styling >that turns MY head, and i don't care about anyone else's. it has sufficient >performance to be exhilarating for ME to drive. and it IS a blast to drive. >it has a sound unlike anything on the road. i don't need to feel that i'm >driving a superior automobile, because as you so rightly point out there is >no universally superior car. > >it seems that many got my point backwards. it's not that people generally >make automotive purchase decisions with a *conscious* effort to attract a >mate. the point is this: when you make many purchase decisions, including >cars, you are usually buying something that appeals to you. therefore it >says something about your personality (the same personality, btw, that you >use to attract the opposite sex.) you can't help it. even the people who try >NOT to make a statement with a car, end up revealing something about >themselves with this supposed "non-statement." so when somebody criticizes >your purchase of something that appeals to you, and if you take offense, >you're doing so on a conscious level because it's a criticism of your >purchase, and on a subconscious level because deep down you take it as a >slap at your personality. why else would all the participants in this string >react so heatedly to comments about their cars? > >so with their replies, the flamers tended to prove my point because their >first instinct was to react emotionally, not rationally. > >happy driving. (i also bought two vw's back in the old days and loved them. >coincidentally, so did my girlfriends...) > >stuart > > >Allan Williams wrote in message <7f6e0s$21c$1nopsamource.ihug.co.nz>... >>Then there are those of us who use our personality and looks to attract the >>opposite sex - the car is for going places. >> >>I have three aircooled VW's, one stock, one under restoration, and one >>HIGHLY modified one. Our other car is a BMW. Any one who is attracted to >you >>based on what car you drive is probably either after your money, the good >>things it can provide... >> >>Different parts of the world have different views of different types of >>cars. Where I live, Volvo's are mostly owned by older people, Saabs range >>from young up to old, as do BMW - because of the wide range of models. >> >>If you based your opinion of me on my cars (if you saw them) you would >think >>I was quite a different person to what I am... I'm a petrolhead with an eye >>for detail, but I like to be different. I would most probably fit you >>stereotypical Saab driver... >> >>I'll take a woman who admires cars over one who doesn't - and I did. >> >>I don't ever say that one make of car is better than another - there are >too >>many different models, and too many different preferences in a car to say >>one make is better. I enjoy driving my 3 Series BMW, but I don't think I >>would ever own a 7 series - I'm not a big car fan. >> >>Perhaps everybody should stop saying this car is best because blah blah >>blah, and find out what car would suit the person asking about them. I can >>tell you several stories of car salesmen who tried to sell me a car I >didn't >>want - most of them were embarrased in front of their workmates. >> >>I don't know why people crosspost these questions - they NEVER get the >>answers they want. If you want to buy a car, test drive it and see if you >>like it... then make up your own mind. >> >> >> >>-- >>Allan Williams >>"Where's my Bong?" >>----------------------------------------------------- >> >>Stuart Kunkler wrote in message <7f3l3r$gsb$1nopsamsc03.worldnet.att.net>... >>>this has to be the most fascinating thread i've ever read, and the most >>>fruitless as well. there are some people here with either (a) too much >time >>>on their hands, or (b) a strong need to impress. or both. >>> >>>here's what's really going on in this thread: a man's choice of automobile >>>says more about his personality than he cares to admit. (it also speaks >>>volumes about the sexual partner he would like to attract.) if you're >>>insulted by what another man says about your car, especially when the >facts >>>are in his favor, you're actually taking insult with what he's saying >about >>>your character and your preferences. >>> >>>i have owned -- and been enthusiastically happy with -- both saabs and >>>volvos. i have friends who drive bmw's, audis and porsches. (i honestly >>>can't say i hang with any corvette owners.) as to the point about >>attracting >>>a sex partner, i'll take a woman who admires a saab over any of those >other >>>makes -- especially bmw -- eight days a week. >>> >>>stuart >>>84 240 >>>86 900S >>>93 850 GLT >>>95 900SE >>>____________________________________ >>>"I took the initiative in creating the internet." >>> - Al Gore, March 12, 1999 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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