Date:         Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:43:04 -0800
Reply-To:     sytsmac@BPICORP.COM
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From:         Cory Sytsma <sytsmac@BPICORP.COM>
Subject:      Re: interest in 5cyl conversion? NO VANAGON CONTENT
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> > American car just doesn't cut it for me.
> > None of the controls have the proper feel too them, and Japanese cars
are no
> > different.
> What you are saying makes little sense.
> Many Europeans drive Japanese cars and the feel of them is designed to
> be European.
> The only thing I agree with is that American cars made for the American
> market have a different feel - but that is mainly a mushy suspension.

>To top it off, that "German" GTI Mr. Rodriguez drives is most probably
made in the
>US or Mexico, just like almost all Golfs and Jettas on the US roads....
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It doesn't matter where the car is made.  I don't think there really is
going to be a difference between a plastics shop in the US shooting plastic
instrument switches and a German or Japanese plastics shop shooting the
same piece?  It is the actual design of the pieces, and how they fit and
interact, that translates to a different 'feel' of the car.  It's the same
thing for any steel or aluminum pieces.  The design is what gives a
different feel. Of course, there is the quality of the assembly...

Cory
'89 westy
Seattle, WA