[Shotimes] OT Pacers was Re: This Forbes guy...

[Ron Childs]

As I recall, (am I showing my age?) the Pacer was "The first wide, small car." It
was a wide POS with its brother the Gremlin, the narrow POS.  :-)

Now I'm going to get flamed by Pacertimes and Gremlintimes (Oh Nooooo)

-Ron


--- Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com wrote:
> The Pacer was "supposed to be" the car that everyone wanted.  AMC
> supposedly did lots of market research and found out what people
> wanted to see in an affordable car.  Fairly compact size, economical,
> roomy inside, particulary for 2 adults in the back seat.  And it WAS all
> those things.  Unfortunately, the package left a lot more to be desired.
> 
> 
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
> 
> -'95 White MTX
>    '96 Brake Upgrade
> 
> "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 04/27/2004 04:49:06 PM:
> 
> > HEY WAIT A MINUTE, I owned a Pacer and loved it. It had great visibility 
> and
> > the ladies loved it. It lasted almost two years before it rusted out and 
> it
> > only burnt 1 quart of oil every 100 miles.
> > 
> > It was a great car.....
> > 
> > 
> > Al Fitz
> > alfitz@alfitz.com
> > SHO Parts at
> > http://www.alfitz.com/sho
> > 
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> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net>
> > To: "'Donald Mallinson'" <dmall@mwonline.net>; "'`V6 SHOtimes'"
> > <SHOtimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:23 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: This Forbes guy don't know squat.
> > 
> > 
> > > Pacer - I didn't think AMC was ever in a position to hype any of their
> > > products
> > >
> > > #2 - shows up as blank
> > >
> > > SHO - How can a car most people don't even know about have been
> > > overhyped??????
> > >
> > > Blackwood - see SHO
> > >
> > > Fiero - how can you overhype a car with an identity crisis?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mr. Lienert got an earful from me about the SHO.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > > >[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
> > > >Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:56 PM
> > > >To: v8sho@v8sho.com; `V6 SHOtimes
> > > >Subject: [Shotimes] Re: This Forbes guy don't know squat.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >(V6 SHOtimers, please visit the link and send in your
> > > >complaints to this know-nothing writer!
> > > >
> > > >http://makeashorterlink.com/?H48A22428
> > > >
> > > >Here is a feedback link:
> > > >
> > > 
> >http://www.expressresponse.com/cgi-bin/forbes/displayArticleWebForm.cgi
> > > >
> > > >I want to know who ever "over hyped" the Pacer?  Seems to me
> > > >it was put down and made fun of immediately.
> > > >
> > > >At least God loved it (George Burns) and it held water from
> > > >the inside nicely!  :)
> > > >
> > > >I wrote the writer, Dan Leinert, by finding a feedback site
> > > >on the Forbes.com/vehicles page.  Why doesn't everyone else
> > > >do the same!
> > > >
> > > >Don Mallinson
> > > >
> > > >casholdn wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Holy C--P
> > > >>
> > > >> what a BS list some I can agree with.
> > > >> Anyone who has driven an H1 Hummer knows it is not hype..
> > > >> now an H2 sure I can not see paying that much more for tricked up
> > > >> Tahoe. The Blackwood, never saw one here {doubt it was for sale 
> here
> > > >> either} Oh and wait until the Wanye's World Cult finds out
> > > >someone was
> > > >> dissing the Pacer.
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