Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] computer and car prices (was Re: [MLUG])

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Dave Lloyd wrote:

> I think that Citroens had poor records in the US in the past.  
> That's why they stopped selling them here.  Remember the car
> that Kent drove in "Real Genius?"  That was a Citroen.
> 
> Keep in mind, though, that the French are responsible for such
> maginificent feats of engineering as the Duex Cheveaux and the
> Maginot Line.

So here's a cute story.  This weekend, when there was enough snow to 
build a snowfort, my 6 year-old son build a pretty substantial one
that he declared was undefeatable.  It did a good job from the 
front, but mean old dad pointed out that he could just walk around
to the back and fire away with complete impunity.  Milo protested
that this was cheating, you weren't supposed to go around the back,
and I then had to tell him, over hot cocoa, the story of the Maginot
Line.

He will not be fighting the last war anymore. :-)

[snip]

> Or, there's the classic two door hatchback.  Check out a
> Volkswagen GTi, Golf or even the Focus SVT/ZX3.  Good on gas,
> fun to drive and room enough to haul a couple of 20" (or one
> 24") monitor.

The Subaru Impreza is not good on gas, but has all wheel drive, and
the hatchback wagon can haul impressive quantities of random stuff.
Our '93 has a fairly wimpy engine, but they now come with some
fairly impressive ones.  Plus, they are (or have been) ludicrously
reliable.

jking


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