Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 13:06:27 -0500 From: tom reingold <tlr244nopsamnline.net> Subject: Re: Saab or GM?
On 12/24/2002 4:42 PM:Paul Halliday wrote > By Jap, do you mean Oriental? I have a Hyundai S-Coupe as well as two S= aabs. > I wouldn't call it no-maintenance. I have a bad flow-sensor that mis-fi= res > like an overboosting turbo. It's a pig. "Jap" cars are all electronics = and > prone to hideous failure. Still, the 3.0L Supra is one hell of a drive.= Firstly, he said Japanese, not Jap. In case you don't know, Jap is a=20 racist term. I know, I know, it sounds innocuous, especially since it's = just an abbreviation. But it has come to have the same status as the=20 word nigger. And that word only meant black, some time ago. Secondly, no, I wouldn't equate Japanese cars with Korean cars. From=20 what I've seen and heard, Hyundais are not very durable. I see a lot of = them blowing smoke before they get too old. From my experience and that = of most others I've talked to, and the press, too, Japanese cars are=20 very good combination of reliability and durability. That's why the=20 American market keeps slanting towards those makers, particularly Honda=20 and Toyota. >=20 > I think your point is that Saab manufacture solid, driveable and fun ca= rs. > This is *not* typical of European engineering. Merc, BMW, etc make heav= y but > responsive vehicles. You don't mention Fiat, Ferrari, etc - they make > killing machines ... I still love Fiat (my Punto GT was the car I could= have > killed myself in - 130 BHP on a car that small was just dangerous). The American market has only a small (mis)representation of the cars=20 that Europe makes. Mostly, they are the high end of the market. We=20 don't have Fiats or Peugeots here (or many other brands) and we don't=20 have low end Volvos either. >=20 > I do think of all the competition in the world and =A330K, I'd buy a Sa= ab. Yeah, me too, but this shouldn't surprise anyone, given the forum we are = discussing this in. Tom Reingold 1987 Saab 9000S (owned from 1991 to 2000, now owned by my ex-wife) 1986 Saab 900 turbo (owned from 1993 to 1999) 1995 Saab 9000CS, 131,000 miles (owned since 2000)
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