Chrysler 300 vs. Dodge Magnum?

That's because Dori has the standard "-- " signature delimiter, which
most newsreaders assume is the end of the material to be quoted, but
puts the content of the message below that.

Perce


On 01/25/05 02:49 pm Steve tossed the following ingredients into the
ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

> By the way, whatever you do with your newsreader makes it really
> difficult to keep a thread coherent. When I just hit "reply," the only
> thing that copies in is "your "see below" and then there's nothing
> below. I had to go back and cut/paste the dialogue above, and the
> attribution is one level off now. Just a comment.
>

"Dori A Schmetterling" > wrote in message
...
>I see the resemblance but I am not sure it means much, since the MB lights
>are an evolution of what went before. The shape also reminds me of one or
>two other makers.
>
> At the end of the day there are bound to be similarities since car
> designers influence each other and also work within the same wind tunnel
> parameters (unless you're working for a Detroit Big Three and don't give a
> toss about wind resistance in a land of cheap petrol).
>
> I think the Big 3 (I hesitate to say "US manufacturers" since that can
> include, as you put it, Nisshondoyota) have produced some unbelievably
> ugly cars, mixing plastic and metal rooves, for example, but I think in
> recent years the products have become much more attractive -- in my eyes
> of course, but I could find plenty of (European) people to agree with me..
> :-).
>
> I have mixed feelings about the 300C and the reviews I have read here in
> the UK also tend to be mixed. The shape is a 'love-it-or-hate' style. We
> shall see how it sells in Europe, as DC ramps up its Chrysler marketing
> here. Maybe sales will never be high, but there are major precedents for
> this.
>
> Both GM and Ford have, as you know, vast operations outside the US, but
> you don't see a lot of Cadillacs here.
>
> In this sense DC now is little different from GM or Ford, having separate
> operations in US and Europe, with only some interchange between them.
>
> DAS

I prefer European and even Japanese styling over most American cars.
Although the Catera is an "Americanized" Opel, I'd prefer just about any
Europen version of a European car to an "Americanized" version. It's been
many years since I was in Greece (almost nine years) but I recall seeing
many cars whose styling I liked - Seat, Skods, Fiat, Citroen, etc. You just
don't get those kinds of cars here. That said, I was a sucker for the 300C,
I fell in love with it the moment I saw it.

Oh, good. I admit I reread Steve's answer several times to work out the
meaning of "Nope" in this case. Murphy's Law #1 struck: If you have a 50%
chance of getting it wrong, you will get it wrong...

And, Steve confirmed what you said in his reply to you. I am, indeed,
honoured.

Funny I did not learn that meaning, even though I was watching, for quite a
while, that cartoon series about the Texan propane salesman (I forget the
name).

DAS
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"Geoff" > wrote in message
icas.hpqcorp.net...
[...]
>
>> DAS: What do you mean "nope"?
>
> That's Texan for "I agree with your previous statement, which implied
> the negative." You should feel honored. Steve wrote to you as he would
> have any of his friends or relatives in Texas, which makes you an
> honorary Texan, at least for the duration of this thread. Don't fight
> it, Dori my dear, it's rather invigorating.
>
> :-P
>
> --Geoff
> (watching for inbound starters)
>

Dunno. Sorry for inconvenience, as they say. I am just using simple old
OE... nothing fancy.

Re Texan "nope", see my reply to Geoff just above (as seen in my
newsreader).. :-)

DAS
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"Steve" > wrote in message
...
[...]

> Sorry- it was a poorly worded agreement with you, as in "Nope, you sure
> don't see many Cadillacs over there, you get Opels (or Vauxhalls)
> instead." My bad.
>
>
> By the way, whatever you do with your newsreader makes it really difficult
> to keep a thread coherent. When I just hit "reply," the only thing that
> copies in is "your "see below" and then there's nothing below. I had to go
> back and cut/paste the dialogue above, and the attribution is one level
> off now. Just a comment.

Would it help if I took it out?

DAS
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"Percival P. Cassidy" > wrote in message
...

> That's because Dori has the standard "-- " signature delimiter, which most
> newsreaders assume is the end of the material to be quoted, but puts the
> content of the message below that.
>
[...]

Either remove the "-- " (may be added automatically by your newsreader
software if you specify a signature to be used automatically) or put the
body of your message above the sig.

Perce


On 01/26/05 06:39 am Dori A Schmetterling tossed the following
ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

> Would it help if I took it out?

Peter A. Stavrakoglou wrote:

>
> I prefer European and even Japanese styling over most American cars.

To each his own. I'll never find anything more attractive than a late
50's Chrysler 300 or many of the 1965-1972 era Dodge and Plymouth
midsize coupes (ie, the muscle cars).

> Although the Catera is an "Americanized" Opel, I'd prefer just about any
> Europen version of a European car to an "Americanized" version.

I prefer the original to an "xxxx-ized" version in general. But in the
case of the Catera, it was poor mechanical performance as much as
styling that unhinged it. It comes up fairly regularly with some of the
GM folks on rec.autos.tech.

Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

>
> Funny I did not learn that meaning, even though I was watching, for quite a
> while, that cartoon series about the Texan propane salesman

That's pro-PANE and pro-PANE accessories....

>(I forget the
> name).


"King of the Hill," created by Mike Judge (a part-time Texan himself).


Its always amazed me that KoTH is so successful outside Texas and
throughout the world. A solid 60% of the show is "inside" jokes that I
wouldn't think should make any sense to a non-Texan.

Well, whatever you did differently WORKED. This message (quoted below)
shows up with proper attribution when I hit "reply" (Mozilla 1.6, by the
way).



Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

> That is odd. The body of the message is usually above the signature, unless
> I intersperse my comments ('bottom-post') with the previous poster's.
>
> Here I manually removed the double dash. I just checked. It looks like
> it's put in automatically.
>
> DAS
>
> For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
> ---
>
> "Percival P. Cassidy" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Either remove the "-- " (may be added automatically by your newsreader
>>software if you specify a signature to be used automatically) or put the
>>body of your message above the sig.
>>
>>Perce
>>
>
> [...]
>
>

With the "-- " left in, everything from that point on (and including
that sig. delimiter; i.e., everything after "DAS") is ignored when replying.

I know that some users of the Mozilla browser (and its derivatives) have
asked for an option to have something other than "-- " as a sig.
delimiter but have been told that it is the standard: one can choose not
to use an automatic signature at all, or one can enter one's own
signature and delimiter manually, but the programmers are unwilling to
enable automatic insertion of a nonstandard one.

Perce


On 01/26/05 04:51 pm Dori A Schmetterling tossed the following
ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

> Test 1 of 2: double dash not removed.
>
> DAS