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- Subject: Re: What's Wrong with American Cars?
- Message-ID: <1judv3INN523@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 15:52:03 GMT
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- In article <4fMVzoC00iV3A4z7sk@andrew.cmu.edu> ga22+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gary Paul Atcheson) writes:
- > About a year and a half ago there was NOTHING with four doors, a V-6
- >engine and a five speed (or any manual) available under $27,000 (or
- >whatever the SHO base was then). Now there are at least two: They are
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- >both Japanese. I will say that we leaned American becuse they HAVE
- >improved since the '80's (back on topic), but we did investigate
- >Japanese models with an open mind. Since NOTHING had 4 doors, 5 speeds
- >and 6 cylinders, we bought what we liked the best, sacrificing the
- >lazier torque of a V-6 for a screamer four. My point is that the
- >Japanese didn't deliver exacly what we wanted either. Nevertheless, Dad
- >is pleased with the car.
-
- [...rest of the driving experience deleted for brevity...]
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- >
- >Gary Atcheson
- >Freshman Architect at Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh
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- Er... actually at least three: the VW Passat V6 ($21,000 with ABS, traction
- control, 5-sp manual or 4-sp auto, CFC-free AC, etc etc)
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- Regards,
- Joachim
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