- Reliablest cars - 9 Updates
| Rob <nomail@example.com>: Aug 01 05:04PM >> Trevor Wilson > LOL I never owned an Italian car and there aren't all that many here in the States either. My dad spent some time in England during WWII while on leave, and he always said the English loved the Italian cars even though they hated the Italians. > The only car I can recall that was truly a rolling toilet was the Yugos imported to the States during the '80s. The Italians are probably the only remaining country who still haven't managed to produce reliable cars. In the past, there were several countries that had quite a bad reputation, e.g. cars from France would appear to be nice but would always rust very quickly and their technical gadgets would be unreliable. But that has changed. My French (Peugeot) car is now 16 years old and it does not rust and is reliable. However, Italian cars still are a disaster even today. |
| danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>: Aug 01 05:14PM [snip] >> The only car I can recall that was truly a rolling toilet was the Yugos >> imported to the States during the '80s. Or, to quote from the movie Dragnet, 1988: Joe Friday: After losing the two previous vehicles we had been issued, the only car the department was willing to release to us at this point was an unmarked 1987 Yugo, a Yugoslavian import donated to the department as a test vehicle by the government of that country and reflecting the cutting edge of Serbo-Croatian technology. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092925/quotes/ -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] |
| Chuck <chuck23@dejanews.net>: Aug 01 12:53PM -0500 On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:14:41 -0700, John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> wrote: >How is the Lada doing these days? I recall when everyone was talking >about the little Russian car... >John ;-#)# When I was in Iceland in 2000, there were quite a few Ladas on the road plus Lada Nivas (a sturdy 4 wheel drive jeep-like vehicle.) A documentarian,who filmed on the country's glaciers, claimed they were far more reliable than Jeeps. |
| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 02 08:11AM +1000 On 2/08/2020 3:53 am, Chuck wrote: > road plus Lada Nivas (a sturdy 4 wheel drive jeep-like vehicle.) A > documentarian,who filmed on the country's glaciers, claimed they were > far more reliable than Jeeps. **Yeah, well, that doesn't mean much. Jeeps are always at or near the bottom of the list in reliability surveys. They often swap positions with Fiat and Alfa. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| Tim Schwartz <tim@bristolnj.com>: Aug 01 08:43PM -0400 On 8/1/2020 6:11 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote: > **Yeah, well, that doesn't mean much. Jeeps are always at or near the > bottom of the list in reliability surveys. They often swap positions > with Fiat and Alfa. Well, now that FIAT owns Chrysler who owns Jeep, some Jeeps (I believe the Renegade in the US market) are MADE by FIAT, - in Italy, and shares a platform with one of the FIAT 500 SUV's, so why wouldn't Jeep be right up there with FIAT? Best regards, Tim Schwartz Bristol Electronics |
| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 02 03:28PM +1000 On 2/08/2020 10:43 am, Tim Schwartz wrote: > the Renegade in the US market) are MADE by FIAT, - in Italy, and shares > a platform with one of the FIAT 500 SUV's, so why wouldn't Jeep be right > up there with FIAT? **It is DOWN there with Fiat and Alfa. [Aside] A lot of Toyota Landcruisers have stickers on their rear windows that read: 'Jeep recovery vehicle' -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| John-Del <ohger1s@gmail.com>: Aug 02 05:19AM -0700 On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 1:28:34 AM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote: > 'Jeep recovery vehicle' Our homeowner's association actually banned Landcruisers from our development. The sound of those things rusting in the night was keeping babies from sleeping through the night and suspected of poisoning ground water. |
| Pimpom <nobody@nowhere.com>: Aug 02 06:13PM +0530 On 8/2/2020 5:49 PM, John-Del wrote: > Our homeowner's association actually banned Landcruisers from our development. The sound of those things rusting in the night was keeping babies from sleeping through the night and suspected of poisoning ground water. Sound of rusting? |
| John Robertson <spam@flippers.com>: Aug 02 09:39AM -0700 On 2020/08/02 5:43 a.m., Pimpom wrote: >> keeping babies from sleeping through the night and suspected of >> poisoning ground water. > Sound of rusting? Trump's tweets... (couldn't resist - and now I'm in for it!) John ;-#)# |
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