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Date:         Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:20:12 -0400
Reply-To:     DavidM <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
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From:         DavidM <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Vehicle 'personalities'
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Jim Arnott wrote: > > Once again, I find myself following a thread with amusement. Do my VWs > have feelings? I don't really know.

No they don't. Only the owner has feelings which may be projected (irrationally) onto the vehicle. For instance, if you complete a long journey without problems, you may think "that van has been good to me", or when it breaks down a few times in succession, you may think "its got it in for me". All of this is of course nonsense. As many people have said here, if it is maintained well it is more likely to be 'good' and if not, more likely to 'misbehave'. I suppose you can think of different vehicles as having different 'personalities' but it is really just their mechanical reactions to the way they are built, driven and maintained.


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