are your cars 'young or old'?

[alocispepraluger102]

http://www.businessweek.com/autos/content/...1025_587130.htm

[Tim McG]

  alocispepraluger102 said:

http://www.businessweek.com/autos/content/...1025_587130.htm

Not quite sure I understand.

Are you asking if my cars are old [they are] or are you asking if the potential buyers of cars are?

BTW...it would be "you're" not "your." in your signature: "oh, by the way, I think your an idiot aloc"

Capitalization would be something to consider as well.

And you're welcome.

Edited October 29, 2007 by GoodSpeak

[alocispepraluger102]

gee, thanks.

i am aware of the sig's shortcomings, but i wanted to share it the way it was sent to me.

which age group is most associated with the vehicles you drive?

i dont use caps, because many consider it shouting. aloc whispers........

Edited October 29, 2007 by alocispepraluger102

[jazzbo]

I don't drive at all. I'm ageless.

I probably will go back to motorcycling though in the future. What age group is a Dyna Fat Bob or a Nightster?

Edited October 31, 2007 by jazzbo

[Uncle Skid]

I briefly considered a Buick Lucerne when I was looking for a car earlier this year.

Decided against it because it's a Buick -- that's an "old guy's" car -- and I have owned two Oldsmobiles over the years!

It's really a very nice car, and reliability has supposedly been good as well. I just hate those four holes in the front fenders!

[alocispepraluger102]

  Uncle Skid said:

I briefly considered a Buick Lucerne when I was looking for a car earlier this year.

Decided against it because it's a Buick -- that's an "old guy's" car -- and I have owned two Oldsmobiles over the years!

It's really a very nice car, and reliability has supposedly been good as well. I just hate those four holes in the front fenders!

about your siggy. for the first time in years, no beer is in house.

it's time to uncork the corkscrew.

[Tim McG]

  alocispepraluger102 said:

gee, thanks.

i am aware of the sig's shortcomings, but i wanted to share it the way it was sent to me.

Uh-huh.

You are aware [i hope] that someone who clicks on a post you made [and at random] might think your['re] a mental midget?

But, hey....you do what you think will sell your posts.

I was just trying to help.

  alocispepraluger102 said:

which age group is most associated with the vehicles you drive?

Maybe this would have been a better question.

Now it makes sense.

  alocispepraluger102 said:

i dont use caps, because many consider it shouting. aloc whispers........

I see.

So good grammar equals shouting.

Interesting.

What would ALL CAPS mean, then?

Edited October 29, 2007 by GoodSpeak

[Uncle Skid]

  alocispepraluger102 said:

about your siggy. for the first time in years, no beer is in house.

it's time to uncork the corkscrew.

[Free For All]

  GoodSpeak said:

You are aware [i hope] that someone who clicks on a post you made [and at random] might think your['re] a mental midgit?

Hey, I enjoy aloc's posts. I think he's obviously very intelligent and pleasantly quirky.

BTW, you misspelled "midget". Just trying to help.

[Aggie87]

  Free For All said:

  GoodSpeak said:

You are aware [i hope] that someone who clicks on a post you made [and at random] might think your['re] a mental midgit?

Hey, I enjoy aloc's posts. I think he's obviously very intelligent and pleasantly quirky.

BTW, you misspelled "midget". Just trying to help.

[catesta]

  Free For All said:

  GoodSpeak said:

You are aware [i hope] that someone who clicks on a post you made [and at random] might think your['re] a mental midgit?

Hey, I enjoy aloc's posts. I think he's obviously very intelligent and pleasantly quirky.

BTW, you misspelled "midget". Just trying to help.

[Chuck Nessa]

My car is on the list and it seems I have an average age of 38.

[vibes]

  GoodSpeak said:

  alocispepraluger102 said:

gee, thanks.

i am aware of the sig's shortcomings, but i wanted to share it the way it was sent to me.

Uh-huh.

You are aware [i hope] that someone who clicks on a post you made [and at random] might think your['re] a mental midgit?

But, hey....you do what you think will sell your posts.

I was just trying to help.

  alocispepraluger102 said:

which age group is most associated with the vehicles you drive?

Maybe this would have been a better question.

Now it makes sense.

  alocispepraluger102 said:

i dont use caps, because many consider it shouting. aloc whispers........

I see.

So good grammar equals shouting.

Interesting.

What would ALL CAPS mean, then?

From Merriam-Webster's dictionary:

grammar

Main Entry:

gram·mar Listen to the pronunciation of grammar

Pronunciation:

\ˈgra-mər\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English gramere, from Anglo-French gramaire, modification of Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatikē, from feminine of grammatikos of letters, from grammat-, gramma — more at gram

Date:

14th century

1 a: the study of the classes of words, their inflections, and their functions and relations in the sentence b: a study of what is to be preferred and what avoided in inflection and syntax

2 a: the characteristic system of inflections and syntax of a language b: a system of rules that defines the grammatical structure of a language

So, what does using caps have to do with grammar? NOTHING.

Edited October 29, 2007 by vibes

[catesta]

None of my rides are on the list, but judging by what I see out on the street, I would say probably a middle age average.

[Noj]

American auto makers should try manufacturing cars which don't break down. I drive a Honda Element. It's ugly as hell, but runs great.

[BruceH]

Exactly.

Not for the first time, that article made me think that if the big three US car makers want to compete with foreign car makers all they have to do is manufacture cars that are just as reliable and fuel efficiant, or more. This they won't or can't do. The results are predictable.

[Tim McG]

  Free For All said:

  GoodSpeak said:

You are aware [i hope] that someone who clicks on a post you made [and at random] might think your['re] a mental midgit?

BTW, you misspelled "midget". Just trying to help.

Har.

i am aware of the post's shortcomings, but i wanted to share it the way it was meant to be.

And your welcome.

[Tim McG]

  BruceH said:

Exactly.

Not for the first time, that article made me think that if the big three US car makers want to compete with foreign car makers all they have to do is manufacture cars that are just as reliable and fuel efficiant, or more. This they won't or can't do. The results are predictable.

They still haven't learned the lessons of the past.

Built-in obsolescence.

It is why I drive a Toyota and my wife drives a Honda.

[BruceH]

"Make a product that does NOT rip off the consumer." Indeed, a notion so revolutionary that they just can't conceive it.

[Tim McG]

  BruceH said:

"Make a product that does NOT rip off the consumer." Indeed, a notion so revolutionary that they just can't conceive it.

Exactly.

But the US Goverment just keeps bailing them out. I hear talk of floating Ford like they did Chrysler several years back.

Whatever happened to all that hugga-mugga about the "invisible hand of the marketplace" stuff anyway? Seems to me if you can't survive in the "marketplace" then I guess it's time to pack it in and close up shop.

Edited October 30, 2007 by GoodSpeak

[BruceH]

  GoodSpeak said:

  BruceH said:

"Make a product that does NOT rip off the consumer." Indeed, a notion so revolutionary that they just can't conceive it.

Exactly.

But the US Goverment just keeps bailing them out. I hear talk of floating Ford like they did Chrysler several years back.

Whatever happened to all that hugga-mugga about the "invisible hand of the marketplace" stuff anyway?

They don't really believe it. Small businesses can die, but big businesses have bought too many politicians to be allowed to fold up shop without a huge bailout.

[Tim McG]

  BruceH said:

  GoodSpeak said:

  BruceH said:

"Make a product that does NOT rip off the consumer." Indeed, a notion so revolutionary that they just can't conceive it.

Exactly.

But the US Goverment just keeps bailing them out. I hear talk of floating Ford like they did Chrysler several years back.

Whatever happened to all that hugga-mugga about the "invisible hand of the marketplace" stuff anyway?

They don't really believe it. Small businesses can die, but big businesses have bought too many politicians to be allowed to fold up shop without a huge bailout.

Truer words were never spoken, Bruce.....sad, but true.

[Chuck Nessa]

Our daughter leased a Chevy Cobalt sport coupe when they came out - in Detroit, family price at the time. The silver inlay around the window buttons, on the door are friggin' painted. Nails scratch the paint down to the black plastic. When she leaves the car out in the rain she has a pool of water in the back seat. The dealer can't duplicate the event so there is no remedy.

Her previous cars were a Subaru and a Honda. I don't think the US companies can do anything to lure her back.

[Tim McG]

  Chuck Nessa said:

Our daughter leased a Chevy Cobalt sport coupe when they came out - in Detroit, family price at the time. The silver inlay around the window buttons, on the door are friggin' painted. Nails scratch the paint down to the black plastic. When she leaves the car out in the rain she has a pool of water in the back seat. The dealer can't duplicate the event so there is no remedy.

Her previous cars were a Subaru and a Honda. I don't think the US companies can do anything to lure her back.

I once owned a '72 Pinto...you know, the exploding model.

On a good day, the car could go 60mph, downhill....and with a tailwind.

Gearbox locked up on the freeway once and I did a four wheel slide to a stop in the fast lane. Fixed that and then the engine blew. Smoke, engine parts, oil, water...the whole nine yards.

I sold it for parts.

They couldn't give me an American made car.

Edited October 31, 2007 by GoodSpeak

[Tim McG]

Well, OK...they could give me one.

But I'd sell it the next day and buy a real car.

Grrrrrr