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Old January 26th 05, 08:16 PM
Steve
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Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

> As you all know, pickup trucks are not very popular in Europe, for a variety
> of reasons.
>
> You might, thus, amuse yourselves by reading this review written by a
> journalist in the UK Sunday Times (the leading quality Sunday paper here)
> after he bought a Ford Ranger. FYI Brian Appleyard is not normally a
> motoring writer.
>
> Ok, it's not a Chrysler (but he does mention having seen Dodge Rams and
> comments on their environmental friendliness) but it might still be a fun
> read.
> http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...0581_1,00.html
>



That was good for a chuckle. Very different set of social
"sensibilities" on opposite sides of the pond, I guess. The thought of
being insulted by being mistaken for a painter or decorator would never
occur to me.

Quite a few facts wrong too- for one thing auto emissions are associated
with "greenhouse" gasses, and NOT with ozone depletion
(chloroflourocarbons are the ozone-depleters). For another, attributing
increased wetlands to "global warming" is pseudo-scientific folly. And
it never mentions that the Ranger is, in fact, a COMPACT pickup truck
and not a standard pickup.


But a good read nonetheless.
 




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