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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
I actually like the thing, sure, it's a cheap piece of crap... but at least it's a CHEAP piece of crap, as opposed to a $45,000.00USD piece of crap that is in the end not built any better.

We got stuck with a Ford Focus as a rental while our GM product was in the shop for a mandated lemon law repair... AGAIN...

And everything they flame the Tata for, you could flame the Focus for just as easily, and yet the Focus costs ten times as much.

I'd buy one, cause it's exactly what I need, the bare freakin minimum to get around town, run errands, and get groceries - and the engine is small enough that my scooter and moped toolset will work just fine to maintain and repair it.

Hell, if they could sell it over here they'd make a damn mint, cause teens needing a first car and college students could actually AFFORD it, or families who'd like a second car so that junior doesn't make them twitch nervously when he borrows their $30,000.00 minivan.

It's a good idea who's time has long since come, but since you can't tell american automakers anything since they know damn well no matter what stupidity they get up to, the Gov will come bail em out, right ?

Sure, it's a tiny piece of crap, but at least it's a CHEAP, tiny piece of crap.

-Frem
It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Frem:

Completely off-topic, but you mentioned scooters, and it reminded me...

What do you know about the Piaggio MP3? Saw one the other day, and it really threw me for a loop.

For the uninitiated, I think you can see why:



Anyhoo, I was intrigued. Looks fun, looks stable. Hell, I bet even my wife could ride it!

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Your other option in that price range is the Honda Silverwing, which is WAY too much bike for a newbie...

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Originally posted by whozit:
Bad news for the new 2009 Piece of Crap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7588482.stm

Now America will have to wait longger for the plastic car that is glued together, and can't go over 43 mph....sad.

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Originally posted by whozit:
Bad news for the new 2009 Piece of Crap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7588482.stm

Now America will have to wait longger for the plastic car that is glued together, and can't go over 43 mph....sad.

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Don't worry - if you really need a plastic car that won't run, you can still pick up a used Pontiac Fiero.

Or a new Chevy Corvette...

Mike

A baby seal walks into a club...



The "On Fire" Economy -
The Dow closed at 10,587.60 on January 20, 2001, the day GW Bush took office. Eight years later, it closed below 8000 on the day he left office - a net loss of 25%. That's what conservatives call an economic "success".

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