As much as I dislike the fallacy of modern H-D, I would love to have a Knucklehead. And a 1948 Vincent Black Lightning...
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Jason Green <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 6, 2011 8:49 PM, "Allan Mills" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Andrews" <[email protected]> >> To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 9:12 AM >> Subject: Re: Steve Jobs >> >>> >> >>> Sony is infamous for crappy marketing of superior products. Remember >>> the Betamax? And some very stupid decisions regarding the Playstation >>> 3 with screwy backwards compatibility, etc. Sony makes the best TVs >>> and just about everything else they make, but you do pay a small >>> premium for the name. >>> >> Betamax wasn't exactly superior. The video playback quality was better - >> but to the naked eye the difference wasn't noticeable. The main thing that >> killed it was that VHS was able to achieve longer recording/playback times >> on each tape than Beta. The original Betamax could only record for an hour >> for example - so you couldn't even record an entire movie onto it. >> >> >>> Toyota may have taken a small hit with the unfounded claims of product >>> flaws in the last year or so (alleged uncontrollable acceleration, >>> etc.), but their products are still far superior to their >>> 'competition.' Remember the Ford ad where they said 'and quality is >>> now equal to Toyota'? It was a lie about being equal, but they were >>> admitting that they were not as good on national TV! And Dodge >>> doesn't even try to compare themselves to Toyota, just Chevy and Ford. >>> >> >> Depends on which competition you mean. I bought a Mazda when I needed a >> new car because it seemed to have a small edge over the equivalent Toyota >> model. >> >> >>> Harley-Davidson screws their customers worse than anyone I've seen on >>> price versus quality, yet the people still line up to pay double for >>> half the product because of the name. >> >> >> Well, the problem is that Harley-Davidson were made very famous by >> Hollywood since they wanted an American made motorbike in their movies for >> "cool" characters. This gave them a publicity boost they've enjoyed ever >> since. Comparitively speaking their bikes aren't as good though, and I've >> heard someone say they are actually quite uncomfortable to ride on. >> >> Allan >> >> > Riding a Harley is like riding a blender full of nuts and bolts. My > Kawasaki was buttery by comparison, and considering you can get a BMW for > the same price as a Hog, you have to wonder about the gullibility of all > these wannabe tough guy Harley riders. > -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." Bill Vaughan "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
