Posted by D Walford on July 20, 2009, 7:23 am
Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>>> Or anything German.
>> Why is that?
>
> I wouldn't buy a German car with YOUR money. (Been there, done that.)
>
> And yes, I "get" German cars. German cars are the expensive, pouty, and
> high-maintenance mistresses of the road. Damn, they are a fine, fine
> ride...
>
> ....but then the maintenance and pouting kicks in.
>
> At some point, without unlimited funds, you are at a decision point:
> continue the high-priced, high-maintenance fun, or go back home and
> enjoy your reliable Lexus wife of a car, patiently sitting there waiting
> for you to get over the midlife crisis.
>
> Oh sure, she's not as sexy as the German car, and she doesn't handle at
> the edge like the German car. She's also not as fickle and high
> maintenance and pouty, and she agrees with you much more of the time.
> She's always there and never complains, and you come to realize there's
> more to life than a high-maintenance relationship with a pouty,
> high-maintenance woman--no matter how sexy she is or how fun the nights
> out with her can be. Because when she lets you down and demands more of
> you than you have to give, and treats you like dirt, you're standing
> there all alone outside the club, looking and feeling like an idiot.
>
> Your Lexus wife would never, ever do that to you.
>
ROTFL:-)
Daryl
Posted by Dan---- on July 19, 2009, 1:21 am
> Those of you who are looking ONLY at gas mileage are fuckwits who are
> looking for nothing more than to cause arguments.
No its the smugness that comes out of some prius/hybrid owners that starts
these arguments. The way the Prius is priced its meant for "economy" but
here its not worth a brass razoo because there are better and cheaper cars
that has better economy and just as just as good to drive as a pryarse and
probably better. Sure hybrids are good in theory but here its as useful as
an elephant on skates.
> Of course, it was Toyota who designed the car and who is laughing all
> the way to the bank with the profits. You guys, on the other hand,
> don't contribute anything to society and couldn't invent running water
> after seeing a waterfall.
And you have when the economy went crashing in the down in the states and
took everyone else down with it globally..
Ironic there!
Sure Australia isn't perfect but fuck America isn't a picture of quality
either.
---
Regards
Dan.
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on July 19, 2009, 2:32 am
> The way the Prius is priced its meant for "economy" but
> here its not worth a brass razoo because there are better and cheaper cars
> that has better economy and just as just as good to drive as a pryarse and
> probably better.
Yeah, like the piece of shit Kia Rondo, right?
Posted by Knobdoodle on July 19, 2009, 10:38 am
>> But why would you specifically want 48mpg and not care how much it costs
>> you
>> to get it?!!?
> Cost is always a factor.
> It's not that "I want 48mpg". It's that "I want 48mpg with the ability
> to carry four to five people in great comfort, with amenities like
> climate control and a great stereo, on a platform that won't break down
> and leave me stranded on a regular basis," etc, etc.
> Those of you who are looking ONLY at gas mileage are fuckwits who are
> looking for nothing more than to cause arguments.
> Of course, it was Toyota who designed the car and who is laughing all
> the way to the bank with the profits. You guys, on the other hand,
> don't contribute anything to society and couldn't invent running water
> after seeing a waterfall.
[guffaw] Yeah I bet their Prius profits are friggin' enormous!
Also, oddly, it's always the "gas" mileage that the Prius-owners use to
justify the vehicle.
Here is Aus you can get a Toyota Camry with climate control and a great
stereo as well as more power and more room inside for over $0,000 less than
a base-model Prius.
Seeing as "gas" mileage is unimportant; what the blithering f#ck would you
want with the Hybrid?!!?
--
Knob
(By the way; I wouldn't buy the Camry either)
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on July 19, 2009, 11:04 am
> Also, oddly, it's always the "gas" mileage that the Prius-owners use to
> justify the vehicle.
Not here.
I drive a company-supplied vehicle, and my choice was either a Chevy
Malibu or a Toyota Prius.
THERE was a no-brainer.
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>>> Or anything German.
>> Why is that?
>
> I wouldn't buy a German car with YOUR money. (Been there, done that.)
>
> And yes, I "get" German cars. German cars are the expensive, pouty, and
> high-maintenance mistresses of the road. Damn, they are a fine, fine
> ride...
>
> ....but then the maintenance and pouting kicks in.
>
> At some point, without unlimited funds, you are at a decision point:
> continue the high-priced, high-maintenance fun, or go back home and
> enjoy your reliable Lexus wife of a car, patiently sitting there waiting
> for you to get over the midlife crisis.
>
> Oh sure, she's not as sexy as the German car, and she doesn't handle at
> the edge like the German car. She's also not as fickle and high
> maintenance and pouty, and she agrees with you much more of the time.
> She's always there and never complains, and you come to realize there's
> more to life than a high-maintenance relationship with a pouty,
> high-maintenance woman--no matter how sexy she is or how fun the nights
> out with her can be. Because when she lets you down and demands more of
> you than you have to give, and treats you like dirt, you're standing
> there all alone outside the club, looking and feeling like an idiot.
>
> Your Lexus wife would never, ever do that to you.
>