Q's about bikes in Blighty
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From: SteveH on 23 Nov 2009 16:28 Marc Gerges <marc.gerges(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm also dumb-founded. I've had lots of experience with French cars and > > have found that in general, build quality is shite. > > There's your exception: few years ago, german automobile club (the ones > picking up broken cars on the road) declared the Xsara Picasso best of > class What else is in the same class?.... -- SteveH
From: The Older Gentleman on 23 Nov 2009 16:43 SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Marc Gerges <marc.gerges(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm also dumb-founded. I've had lots of experience with French cars and > > > have found that in general, build quality is shite. > > > > There's your exception: few years ago, german automobile club (the ones > > picking up broken cars on the road) declared the Xsara Picasso best of > > class > > What else is in the same class?.... Two Reliant Robins cut and shut? -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Marc Gerges on 23 Nov 2009 17:07 SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Marc Gerges <marc.gerges(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I'm also dumb-founded. I've had lots of experience with French cars and >> > have found that in general, build quality is shite. >> >> There's your exception: few years ago, german automobile club (the ones >> picking up broken cars on the road) declared the Xsara Picasso best of >> class > > What else is in the same class?.... Volkswagen Touran, Opel Zafira, Renault Scenic... cu .\\arc
From: Oily on 23 Nov 2009 17:23 "Marc Gerges" <marc.gerges(a)gmail.com> wrote....... > SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> > I'm also dumb-founded. I've had lots of experience with French cars and > >> > have found that in general, build quality is shite. > >> > >> There's your exception: few years ago, german automobile club (the ones > >> picking up broken cars on the road) declared the Xsara Picasso best of > >> class > > > > What else is in the same class?.... > > Volkswagen Touran Now that's in a (better) class of it's own
From: Marc Gerges on 23 Nov 2009 17:09
Cab <my_email_address_is_in_my_sig(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> > >> > I'm also dumb-founded. I've had lots of experience with French cars >> > and have found that in general, build quality is shite. >> >> There's your exception: few years ago, german automobile club (the >> ones picking up broken cars on the road) declared the Xsara Picasso >> best of class. It may look flimsy, but it mostly gets you there. > > I like the word "mostly" cunningly inserted there... :-) Rereading it, I may have the location of the 'mostly' wrong. English, tough to get right. It gets funnier btw when knowing I have an old french car currently in intensive care for major engine overhaul work... :) |