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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Practical Luxury Car
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 22:40:31 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Nov19.190458.23434@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
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- In a previous article, fengxi@prancer.eche.ualberta.ca (Fengxi Zhou) says:
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- >Hy netters. I have been thinking this for some time. If you are rich and
- >money is no object, what car would you buy for EVERYDAY use? A Ferrari or a
- >Lambo sure is nice, but navigating them through downtown traffic is no fun.
- >Same thing can be said of M-B 600SEL. Besides, you want to be a good father
- >(or mother) and you want to pick your kid(s) up on the way home. You even do
- >grocery shopping on weekends. Of course, you like to spend vacations in the
- >mountains and on the beaches which happen to be a long way from where you have
- >your business. Lst but not least, you don't like to see your mechanic as often
- >as you see your wife. Of course, it has to be luxurous, safe, fun to drive,
- >etc etc. And the underline assumption is you LOVE driving. So what do you
- >choose?
- >
- >My choice is:
- > BMW 750iL (for every day use)
- > M-B 500SL (for weekends and when kid(s) are with grandparents)
- >
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- my choise, w/o having driven any of the higher performance vehicles
- on the market(the suites get nervous seeing me around their 200k
- ferraris!)...i would take the lotus turbo esprit(whatever initials
- are tacked onto the end these daze)..y'know..the 2.2 blown 260-280
- horse model??..yeah..that one....and for kids..NONE..NEVER!!!..but..
- if i did get stuck w/ ONE(i'd fix something after the first!!!)..
- i think i'd take the 928..or the 850i...or...well..many customs i
- have in mind..but...i WANT a lotus...and it'd be my first choice!!!!
- (you asked..i'm not gonna debate all the plusses and minuses that are
- slams on my personal taste, the merits of blah blah...i'll answer stuff
- about WHY i want one..but not WHY????the HELL???? would i want one..u c?)
- ah..to dream!!
- DREW
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