You do have to consider that the VW bug was sold in this country for almost 40 years with very minor changes. A cheby sedan changed considerably in that time frame.
On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 1:16 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I think I've finally got it figured out. We know that the Japanese are > quite different than us; a culture that reads and writes backwards should > tell us something you know; so when they try to do Western industrial > things like build cars, they often come out with bizarre products. > The Prius isn't really a car anymore than the original Beetle was really a > car. > The Prius is just a computerized Japanese version of the old Beetle; a > Beetle on steroids, if you will. It's quick-steer, bounces around, and has > a funny sounding horn; just like the old Beetle. > The Prius will gradually fade away just like the old original Beetle faded > away, but while it's mildly popular with penny-pinchers, money-grubbers, > skinflints, earth warmers, and other strange people who care little about > safety; the Japanese will keep making it and selling it. > > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
