LuS1fer said:Maybe but look at the SIZE of the problems. I think that replacing the rear pinion gear may only count as one problem but would you really expect such a problem on a Toyota? Same for the fuel pump. It also seems that the Corvette C6 suffered issues with fuel gauges, the roof tearing off and so forth. So they may be individual problems but without a warranty, they seem to be very expensive ones. But again, no problems with my Mustang. Actually, that's a lie, I have an airbag light which has been diagnosed as a faulty seat belt pre-tensioner which I'll have to pay for myself.
wht-v6-vert said:Sadly, everyone so far has had emotional knee jerk reactions to Clarkson and missed the point. All those English guys are gay. They want to take long showers with each other, not drop the hammer on the street. None of them have a clue what cool is.
But I'm sure you do, right?wht-v6-vert said:All those English guys are gay. They want to take long showers with each other, not drop the hammer on the street. None of them have a clue what cool is.
Rock36 said:I think the problem with American auto makers is they are still struggling with the terrible reputation the got in the 80s and early 90s when their quality was truly bad.I couldn't agree more. I know several people who have gotten an astronomical amount of miles out of American vehicles with no major problems. For example, I had a buddy in college with a GMC truck with over 250,000 miles, and I also have a friend who currently has over 320,000 miles on his 1997 F-150 with a 4.6, while his father just traded in his company work truck, a F-250 with over 300,000 miles.
wht-v6-vert said:Sadly, everyone so far has had emotional knee jerk reactions to Clarkson and missed the point. All those English guys are gay. They want to take long showers with each other, not drop the hammer on the street. None of them have a clue what cool is.
LuS1fer said:Your education no doubt leads you to believe that everyone in the UK is "English" rather than Scottish, Welsh, English and Northern Irish. On that basis, Canadians and Brazilians are all Americans.
LuS1fer said:I've always understood Americans didn't understand irony, but when a guy with a white convertible calls someone else gay and uncool and talks about dropping the hammer on the street with a heavy V6 convertible, I know that you fully understand the concept.
BlackSpirit said:The onlything good that came from England was the United States.
LuS1fer said:For the second time - it's the United Kingdom not England. And if that's the case, god help us. No offence. Besides, I thought you were all Irish these days?
LuS1fer said:Your education no doubt leads you to believe that everyone in the UK is "English" rather than Scottish, Welsh, English and Northern Irish. On that basis, Canadians and Brazilians are all Americans.
Being Welsh, I take no personal offence and I can confirm that the English are lacking in the trouser department compared to we Welsh warriors but we try not to upset them as they're very insecure.
I always understood Americans didn't understand irony but when a guy with a white convertible calls someone else gay and uncool and talks about dropping the hammer on the street with a heavy V6 convertible, I know that you fully understand the concept.
wht-v6-vert said:As far as irony goes, on a sunny day in Illinois, when I take my pretty wife for a drive in her white Mustang, I make the car cool.
LuS1fer said:Sure you do. That's not irony by the way, that would be a paradox.
Here's some more of the contrary man:
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2006/06/stories/08/1.html
Rock36 said:"Mustangs are like those blondes with hair and breast extensions"
Fourth Horseman said:"So why, you may be wondering, do I own a Ford GT?" ... "The power is American, yes, but it's tamed and sophisticated by Europeans. It's a metaphor, in other words, for the perfect world."
Somehow this metaphor doesn't seem to work for me. Would this be tamed and sophisticated like the two world wars? Or perhaps it's more tame and sophisticated like the genocide in Bosnia. Three events all brought about by European political paralysis, not tameness nor sophistication. While Mr. Clarkson is whinging on about aggressive Americans perhaps he should take a moment to contemplate the arrogant European.
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