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- From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chintan Amin)
- Subject: Re: Toyota Sera
- References: <1993Jan26.150234.1@mscf.med.upenn.edu> <=tq3zwp@rpi.edu> <1k6v8jINN9em@uwm.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:55:56 GMT
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- In article <1k6v8jINN9em@uwm.edu> qazi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Aamir Hafeez Qazi) writes:
- >In article <=tq3zwp@rpi.edu> kokerj@rpi.edu writes:
- >>
- >> ...stuff deleted...
- >>
- >>saying), but the Paseo is pretty stupid looking...as is the mx-3 and
- >>the nx2000. But then again, people don't buy Japanese cars for their
- >>looks. There must be some other reason but i haven't figured it out...8)
- >>
- >>--Jim
- >>"If it's not German, it's not worth driving"
- >
- >--People buy Japanese cars for their exceptional reliability and quality
- > control, not for the way they drive (in general!!). Yes, the Nissan
- > NX 2000 looks weird, but find me a car in that price range that drives
- > better! The steering is firm, meaty, and direct; the shifter is one of
- > the best you'll ever experience (can't say that about a GTi), the brakes
- > are excellent, and the handling is almost unreal for a fwd car. German
- > cars, like the GTi, handle very well. However, the Nissan handles well,
- > AND it feels racy, i.e. light on its feet, yet glued to the ground.
- > GTi's are very stout, but they don't seem to want to fly thru the corners,
- > although they will with no hesitation. German cars nowadays, from VW's
- > to Mercedes and BMW's, seem to have teething problems now (read
- > rec.autos.vw and see what I mean);
- > it wasn't like that too long ao. BMW and Mercedes are becoming quite
- > Mitsubishi-like, now that they are offering ludicrous electronic gadgets
- > and gizmos to "improve" their cars, especially European market models.
- >
- > Go drive an NX 2000 for an hour. You'll be very surprised by how well
- > it drives.
- >
- >Aamir Qazi
- >qazi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
-
- I think that maybe the Saturn SC2 is the best handling car in its
- class, the throws of the shifter and feel in general are very refined. The
- new engine mounts have also lessend the osterizer effect of the twincam engine
- for 1993, although two more cylinders might be interesting. The Light on
- Their feet aspect of Japanese cars is something I hate. I have driven two
- cars of comperably the same size and purpose, a 88 Camry and gray market 84
- 300D, which are my family's cars. I'd just like to say that I'd much rather
- drive that big lumbering deisel on that 25mph curve at 50 than the Camry
- precisely for the reason that it can do it, and although the Camry feels like
- it can, as my dad's friend, a Jag dealer put it, it CAN'T DO ANYTHING. Now,
- I realize that the MB and Toyota aren't the same level of price and all that,
- but, it goes to prove that just because a car feels like it can do something,
- actually getting it to do it is a different story.
-
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