tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post9111686427292970789..comments2023-10-28T07:30:04.147-04:00Comments on Human Voices: As it goes at Daytona, so goes the nationCapt. Fogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-65876142520170847082008-04-12T22:01:00.000-04:002008-04-12T22:01:00.000-04:00Wut? You do realize that most American cars do hav...Wut? You do realize that most American cars do have out of country parts and vice versa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-56550835821940784142007-02-16T10:35:00.000-05:002007-02-16T10:35:00.000-05:00Pete - Oops! You're right of course. Sorry Darrell...Pete - Oops! You're right of course. Sorry Darrell.<BR/><BR/>Somehow the finest engineering in the world doesn't produce the best handling or fastest cars however. I have a number of European business associates in Europe, including the president of the Aston Martin Club of Belgium and they're all big Corvette fans, but the taxes and the waiting lists get in the way of owning one there. People chase you in Europe if you've got an American car with you -- asking questions and sometimes waving money.<BR/><BR/>I'm talking about sports cars, of course and these are what I'm interested in, but I don't know of any German car made from carbon fiber and kevlar composites and magnesium frames or forged alloy suspension with fiberglass springs yet and American cars have been taking first place at the important races for years now. There is nothing at all as light, agile, fast or economical coming out of Germany today. Less performance for three times the price isn't good engineering - it's just money.<BR/><BR/>But of course this tirade was hard to type with my tongue in my cheek. - One of my all-time favorites of all the cars I've owned was a Karmann Ghia convertible - the poor man's Porsche - another was a hopped-up Scirocco. They make great cars in Germany, but there is nothing that can compete in the same category as the Vipers and Corvette C6-R.<BR/><BR/>NASCAR however, is NASCAR. A Toyota at the Daytona 500 would be like the German soccer team at the world series - wrong game, wrong place.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-83719266543948999232007-02-15T23:45:00.000-05:002007-02-15T23:45:00.000-05:00It's Michael Waltrip, not Darrell.It's Michael Waltrip, not Darrell.Peter Warnockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545800312172176457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-90688874670260276172007-02-15T16:45:00.000-05:002007-02-15T16:45:00.000-05:00True Captain. E-bay is too honest for Bush cronie...True Captain. E-bay is too honest for Bush cronies. It's E-bay without the bidding. :-)<BR/><BR/>I'm with you DK. When I bought my latest car, I went German and I am never going back. That is the finest engineering in the world! When Hubby gives the Swedes the boot, he'll be on the German bandwagon too.Intellectual Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-57709432024992553822007-02-15T15:56:00.000-05:002007-02-15T15:56:00.000-05:00My last five cars have been German, various makes/...My last five cars have been German, various makes/models... Oops.d.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08723367478934978210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-80506684742811756472007-02-15T13:23:00.000-05:002007-02-15T13:23:00.000-05:00That would be too aboveboard. No-bid, under-the-ta...That would be too aboveboard. No-bid, under-the-table deals and outright giveaways are more his style.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-26229017049438819602007-02-15T13:08:00.000-05:002007-02-15T13:08:00.000-05:00We might as well just disassemble the country and ...<I>We might as well just disassemble the country and sell it for parts on eBay.</I><BR/><BR/>I thought Bush was already doing that.Intellectual Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.com