At 10:01 PM 12/15/97 -0500, Steve Byers wrote:
>Vectra, Achieva, Calibra, Sentra, Tercel....
>Does anyone else find these names -- that mean absolutely nothing in any
>known language, but sound like they do -- annoying? At least Nova could be
>read "No va" ("it doesn't go", in Spanish).
>
That reminds me of the old tale, whether it's true or not, and
that is: "Esso" meant Stop in some language. Then they changed it to Exxon.
Fill your car with this stuff, and it STOPS! Not good advertising.
Didn't president Nixon get chased back into his plane for giving his
Victory gesture once? It meant the F**k U gesture in the foreign land he
was visting.
Q
>Steve Byers
>Havelock, NC USA
>
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>> From: hert@worldaccess.nl
>> To: mgs@autox.team.net; "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
>> Subject: Antw: Vacation
>> Date: Thursday, December 04, 1997 5:38 AM
>>
>> Lawrie,
>> it's good to hear you had such a good time in England, fortunately
>there's a feeling for heritage
>> and style there that makes for a great atmosphere in cars, houses,
>lifestyle etc. You wrote:
>>
>> > I just returned from two weeks in England. I put 930 miles on a
>Vauxhall
>> > Vectra <clip>
>> > should be equivalent to the Pontiac Sunfire and Oldsmobile Achieva
>> <snip>
>> >
>> Actually, the Vectra is a German Opel <clip>
>>. A sporty but ugly coupe called Calibra is based on the same car.
>>
>> Peter
>
>
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