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End of Rope
Posted by Dan W (more from Dan W) on Sat, 21 Dec 2002 18:45:50
In Reply to: Car and Driver Rants, Bob M, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 08:28:19
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If it were any more than $10/yr, it wouldn't make the cut even as toilet reading for me. I enjoy reading about automobile tech as much as the next guy, and although I enjoy two of the editorials (czabe guy and sheep guy), the rest of it is w_e_a_k.
1. Obsession w first quantifying how 'fast' (insert whatever variable you want ot measure), *then* defining how well it subjectively drives (which is what really counts, in my book), and tweaking the latter to fit the former. e.g. "the ZoomZoom by Mazda was a joy to drive on rural roads, but it's score of blah blah makes it a whole 0.000000024units behind the Tuetonic God, BMW 5--...." Basically, they're afraid to admit they like anything that can't be backed up by numbers. Sissies.
2. I don't expect the next "Beowolf", and I realize it's not easy to personalize cold numbers (so, uh, don't dwell on them then!), but writing on a high school level and then throwing in a few gratuitous words from your thesaurus just doesn't do much for me.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Car and Driver Rants, Bob M, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 08:28:19
- Re: Car and Driver Rants, Noel, Mon, 23 Dec 2002 17:16:46
- Re: Car and Driver Rants, Phil, Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:15:57
- here is the link to the C/D article, turbosaab , Sun, 22 Dec 2002 05:45:59
- You Have It All Wrong...., 9sound, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 20:10:31
- End of Rope, Dan W, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 18:45:50 <-- Viewing This Message
- attitude problem >>>, Eli5, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 16:53:51
- I like them..., Jeremy R., Sat, 21 Dec 2002 16:31:57
- Baja..., Dr. Eric Strauss, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 20:20:06
- Re: Car and Driver Rants, toshi, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:57:34
- Edible Fungus = Mushroom (shaped) nm, VP, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:59:57
- Explaination and you forgot one, Dave D, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:46:20
- They mat be right..., Dr. Eric Strauss, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:30:38
- 99% of the driving that 95% of us do, Aero'ed, Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:17:37
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