Don't g, i, and j also apply to us?  :)

mike

On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 10:35 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 12:27 PM 5/3/2015, Jim Felder wrote:
>
>>
>> https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/15-most-reliable-cars-in-history-slideshow/volkswagen-van-photo-1416358141523.html
>>
>> 1950-1992 mentioned.
>>
>
> Their version of reliable is either
>  a) it's quite possibly the most reliable car in history, like a
> Toyota Corolla;
>
> b) it was a hideously unreliable car but right at the end of
> production it got a lot better for some value of "a lot", like the Jaguar
> XJ6;
>
> c) It's not reliable but some diehards will do anything to not buy a
> Mustang because that would be a Ford, like the Firebird;
>
> d) they had way too many head gasket problems but the owners like
> them for other reasons, like the Subaru;
>
> e) sheer devotion from fans and a deep reserve of used parts from
> Beetles, plus bumper stickers to hold them together, plus some spotty
> kid in a cartoon drives a terribly-drawn version of one, like T1/2,
> and maybe you can get a junk one on the road for a few hundred bucks
> -- for the first few hundred miles.  Oh, and T3s because they're the
> same as T2s really;
>
> f) somebody owns one with three million miles on some fragment of the
> body, like the Volvo P1800, and oh by the way all Volvos are the same;
>
> g) old farts buy them and take care of them, like Buicks;
>
> h) they built enormous fleets and policemen cry over them, like Crown
> Vickys;
>
> i) they're "reasonably" reliable and cost less than Toyotas, like
> Ford Escorts;
>
> j) they have a cult following of loonies, like Saab 900s;
>
> k) some other reason, like Mercedes diesels.
>
> Searching for the words here.  "Utterly meaningless" springs to
> mind.  Although if they called it Fifteen Marques That Have Shown
> Remarkable Staying Power it would be perfectly sensible.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
>
>  Jim
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>